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Some "ridicule the idea of a 'domino theory' as it applies to aggression," Bush said. However, the American failure to "aid the anti-Communist forces in Angola five years ago" helped cause the invasion of Zaire, Cuban and Soviet involvement in Somalia, upheaval in North and South Temen, and the Afghan invasion, he added...
...Orleans. Born in Bogalusa, La., Byrd taught himself to play the piano, imitating such barrelhouse blues players as Kid Stormy Weather. His Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Big Chief combined elements of blues, New Orleans marching music and Caribbean rhythms. Though he never matched the success of Fats Domino and others who popularized the Byrd piano style, recognition finally came in the '70s when his band, the Blues Scholars, scored with a successful tour through Europe and the U.S., and he produced an album, Live on the Queen Mary, with ex-Beatle Paul McCartney...
...last week, as the Soviet invasion of neighboring Afghanistan swelled the Afghan refugee population in Pakistan to 400,000 or more, the Carter Administration was suddenly searching for ways to prop up this tottering domino of Southwest Asia. Nobody in Washington predicted that Pakistan faced the immediate threat of an all-out invasion, although the possibility that Soviet troops might cross the border in hot pursuit of the Afghan rebels could not be ruled out. Some Washington contingency planners feared that the Soviets might use their new base in Afghanistan to encourage unrest among the Pushtun and Baluch peoples...
Labor groups think Stevens must become the first domino to topple if they are to successfully organize the largely non-union South. Since 1963, Stevens workers have voted against unionization in 13 of 14 elections held in the company's plants. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined that the workers voted under coersion and the threat of illegal firing. When Stevens did not respond to the charges, the ACTWU organizers tried a new tack and joined with the AFL-CIO in launching the much-publicized boycott of J.P. Stevens products in 1976. But like the NLRB warnings, the boycott...
That was precisely what troubled the military rulers of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Their leaders feared that a domino effect might engulf them in a wave of leftist insurgency inspired by the success of Nicaragua's revolt. In all three countries, leftist terrorism has been on the rise, largely because more peaceable democratic opposition groups have been ruthlessly suppressed. Though the junta has denied any plans to "export our revolution," Defense Department and intelligence officials are urging that the U.S. resume arms shipments to the three nations, which have been cut off since the Carter Administration began...