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...China's relations with the U.S., most analysts feel that the slow process of normalization will probably continue, even if there is some lessening of tensions between Peking and Moscow. The moderates, after all, were in the forefront of the drive to open up relations with Washington in the first place. The chances are that China's need for Western technology will grow as its economy expands, and though Peking now seems to have enough food, it will surely want to keep open its access to the world's best grain markets...
...than they actually were. And Allied still faces civil suits totaling $180 million from individuals claiming physical or economic injury, including scores of beached James River fishermen as well as about 80 former Life Science employees and family members. But Judge Merhige, who charged that "business necessity took the forefront" at Allied in its handling of Kepone, offered the company an incentive to reduce the fine. He suggested that Allied's big fine could be cut if the company were to make "some voluntary effort" to alleviate the harm caused by Kepone pollution...
...American people's true friends will always want to see them at the forefront of historic transformations, and not as the defender of an old world in decline...
Others are moving to the forefront. This year in North Carolina, Lieutenant Governor James B. Hunt, 39, a former Peace Corpsman who became head of the state's Young Democratic organization, is favored to replace Republican Incumbent James Holshouser (who is prohibited by law from succeeding himself). In Tennessee, former Democratic State Chairman James R. Sasser, 39, who has a mop of hair and a smile reminiscent of John F. Kennedy, is running an energetic campaign for the U.S. Senate. Says he: "If I take a day off, I just get restless and run out of the house to find...
...country's African population and has helped to desegregate some of the country's best hotels and restaurants. He is far better known, however, for his kragdadigheid (iron-fistedness). He has defended the actions of his police to the hilt, declaring them to be "in the forefront of the fight to combat Communism [which is] infiltrating the country." Asked why the police did not use rubber bullets during the June rioting in Soweto in which 176 were killed, Kruger replied: "Rubber bullets give the impression the police have rubber guns. They cannot protect life and property with rubber...