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Francis' history thus unfolds from the leisurely perspective of eternity, with frequent interruptions from the two immortals guiding the tour. Given this long view, episodes tend to cluster into something resembling a preordained pattern. Born in a backwater village in eastern Canada, Francis had his maternal grandfather to thank for his lifelong freedom from money worries. He owes his mixed Protestant and Roman Catholic training to the strictures of his British father, whose family has been Church of England "since Reformation times," and the meddling of an aunt who gives him holy pictures and sees that a priest baptizes...
...Editor Henry Muller: "In addition to the physical dimension--the construction and the traffic--we were struck by the openness and pragmatism of the officials we met. They subjected us to none of the ideological rhetoric you get from even the most enlightened officials in the Soviet Union or Eastern Europe...
...Associate Editor Jim Kelly's story on the impact of Deng's reforms on three regions in China, and they also ferreted out biographical details for Associate Editor William Doerner's profile of the Chinese leader. For Associate Editor George Russell's story on reforms in other Marxist economies, Eastern Europe Bureau Chief Kenneth Banta supplied reporting and analysis from Hungary and Yugoslavia. Heading the Man of the Year reporter-researchers was Helen Sen Doyle, who has studied Russian at universities in Leningrad and Moscow...
...Other Marxist heresies In Eastern Europe, too, governments have been trying to make Communism work better. Hungary's relative prosperity has made it the envy of its neighbors, while Yugoslavia is testimony that not all the failures Marxism can be blamed on Moscow...
From the teeming settlements of the Eastern Cape to the sprawling townships around Johannesburg and on to the outskirts of Cape Town, angry blacks have invoked Mandela's name in demanding an end to the government policies of racial separation. The U.S., Britain, France and scores of other governments have called for Mandela's release as a sign that the white minority government is serious about negotiating with the black majority. Yet in February, when State President P.W. Botha offered to free him if he would forswear political violence, Mandela refused, saying, "Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter...