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...came when peasant leaders agreed to refrain from staging new protests and to recognize the leading role of the Communist Party in their forthcoming charter. Nonetheless, the accord had all the makings of a severe new headache for Warsaw: Poland's Communist leaders were faced with another de facto power center outside their control, alongside the church and the 10 million-strong trade-union federation, Solidarity...
...elicited from the West meaningful political and economic sanctions, to say nothing of military retribution. One of Brezhnev's diplomatic triumphs was the 1975 Helsinki Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe at which 35 governments, notably including the Ford Administration, ratified the postwar order in Europe. De facto, the Iron Curtain and the Brezhnev Doctrine were, and remain, very much a part of that order...
Today, in most parts of the country, grass is de facto legal. It is virtually impossible for a college student to go through school without having partaken of or witnessed without reporting to the police some infraction of our marijuana statutes, and yet we hardly consider ourselves criminals. Gone are the days of paranoia, complete with burning incense to hide the smell of burning grass from the proctors and tutors. They're too busy smoking to turn...
...student representatives of the organization maintain that the foundation must address the particular needs of the University's minorities. Bok, by contrast, said that if he thinks the foundation becomes open "de facto to only certain racial groups," he would not hesitate to withdraw University financial backing...
Even if the talks get back on the track, Labor is certain to make Begin's interpretation of autonomy a centerpiece of its election campaign to keep him under constant pressure. The Begin government has frequently been accused of trying to achieve a de facto annexation of the West Bank with its establishment of Jewish settlements in the region. Indeed it was reported last week that the government had devised a scheme to finance accelerated construction of Jewish settlements before Begin leaves office. The plan was said to entail the assignment of choice Jerusalem and West Bank real estate...