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...danger of the Persian Gulf exploding was foremost in the minds of diplomats the world over, including those representing the superpowers. In capitals throughout Europe and Asia, U.S. envoys buttonholed their Soviet counterparts and delivered a stern lecture: with 85,000 Soviet occupation troops in Afghanistan and East-West relations already severely strained, there was a strong predisposition in Washington to attach the most sinister interpretation to anything that could be construed as Soviet intervention in the Iraq-Iran war. Presidential National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski went on television to caution: "We feel it is very important for the Soviet...
...they most often address two concerns: the jealousy they draw from Black men because they count as minority "doubles" to satisfy affirmative action quotas and the perceived "shortage" of marriageable Black men resulting from the larger population of Black women. Wallace also sees one of the Black woman's foremost problems as other people's unwillingness to take her seriously...
...electrical sales and corporate confidence. Poor management decision-making, lethargic research and development, and a sharp decline in electricity demand over the past decade have saddled the corporation with low profit rates and have forced significant personnel cutbacks. The corporation's heavy investment in nuclear power--it is the foremost nuclear energy generation firm in the world--seems an exceedingly dangerous bet. Rising plant construction costs, along with the March 1979 Three Mile Island debacle, have made dinosaurs of light water reactors. While to many Americans the slogan "No Nukes" signifies the direction to a cleaner and safer life...
...point that Carter seems to miss-once again-is that he is more than a candidate. First and foremost, he is President. The incumbency offers great conveniences and advantages in a presidential contest. But like the rest of life, with extra privilege comes extra responsibility. "Being bitter," mused Truman, "that's for people who aren't busy with other matters." Jimmy Carter should be so busy...
...kidnaped from a Tokyo hotel room by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency and dragooned back to Seoul. He remained under house arrest and later imprisonment until 1978. In the brief hiatus of political relaxation that followed Park's assassination last October, Kim was considered the foremost candidate for the free presidential elections that the military-backed transitional government promised to call in the near future...