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...respond to the search for an accord." As the Pope passed the city's cathedral, he made a surprise visit to the tomb of Archbishop Romero and praised his example. "I would hope that his memory be always respected," he emphasized, "and that no ideological interest would try to exploit his sacrifice as pastor leading his flock...
These eye-catching enticements attempt to exploit, and in doing so cannot fail to trivialize a deadly serious issue. That the motives of their authors were almost certainly not "malicious" cannot excuse a lack of awareness and sensitively to the paid of others. Are such ads ever necessary? If they don't tell as anything useful about the product or performances being "pitched," that need they ever appear? And if they do accurately describe their product, then what does that tell us about the product itself...
...prolonged economic hardship has been, and still is, the nation's most important political issue. It cost the G.O.P. the 1982 midterm elections, and threatens to make Reagan a one-term President. Yet the White House has been relatively adroit lately in reducing the Democrats' ability to exploit the issue. The bipartisan compromise on Social Security blunted one Democratic attack. Last week House Speaker Tip O'Neill conceded, in a public statement, that Reagan had "kept his promise" to move promptly on a jobs measure. Thus, despite serious reverses and anemic poll standings, Reagan remains a very...
...Tehran government has managed to exploit the war as a unifying factor at a time when the country is riven with inner turmoil. In what appears to be an effort to dampen dissent against his harsh rule, Khomeini has launched a campaign to curb the excesses of the Islamic Guards and the clergy. In an eight-point directive issued Dec. 15, he ordered an end to unlawful arrests and urged respect for human rights, private property and individual privacy. Last week Khomeini took yet another popular step: he had the leadership of the small pro-Moscow Tudeh (Communist) Party arrested...
Much modern intelligence work is concerned not with military plans or industrial blueprints but with political information that can help the Kremlin zero in on targets of opportunity abroad. The Soviets may not be the initiators of global unrest, but they do their best to exploit it. KGB agents posted in the Third World alert Moscow to signs of political turmoil that could be fanned into "wars of national liberation." It is difficult to determine how critical a role KGB intelligence plays when the Politburo decides which rival political faction to back in a regional conflict. But it may have...