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...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 him during a siege...
...impressed with Artist Marvin Mattelson's cover illustration. The way he designed the latticework of missiles, alternating menacing (red) with protective (blue), was intriguing. Unfortunately, we have allowed these missiles to become part of our existence when in reality they are limiting our freedom and threatening to destroy us. John Wiersum Arlington Heights, III. Man of the Year...
...name of freedom, I nominate Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa as Man of the Year. Amha Eyesus Demessie Pasadena, Calif...
...billion people on a far-reaching, bold but risky second revolution Defying the precepts most cherished by traditional Marxists, he is attempting to blend on a monumental scale elements that seem irreconcilable: state ownership and private property, central planning and competitive markets, political dictatorship and limited economic and cultural freedom. The reforms are a big gamble, and they face considerable domestic opposition. But if they work, the world will not be the same...
...especially those running the Soviet Union). In the Chinese spirit of balance between yin and yang, Deng's second revolution is an attempt on a monumental scale to blend seemingly irreconcilable elements: state ownership and private property, central planning and competitive markets, political dictatorship and limited economic and cultural freedom. Indeed, it is almost, or so it often seems to skeptics in both the Western and Marxist worlds, an attempt to combine Communism and capitalism...