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...tenure. If her former allies mount a legislative challenge, Chamorro has little strength to fight back: she now commands the loyalty of only her Cabinet ministers. Yet neither Sandinista nor U.N.O. leaders are clamoring for the job. The truth is that no one wants, or knows how, to govern Nicaragua today...
...NRCC ads implicitly urge voters to knock the Democrats out of Congressional control, because the Democrats are bad. Perhaps they are; but what would make Republicans govern better? That question is never answered. The message is that the Republicans want control; they'll figure out what to do with the power after they get their hands on it. Today's Republican propaganda, no matter how justified, still doesn't deviate from the standard image of Republican propaganda--and it's that standard image that has to change...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences booklet, "Principles and Policies that Govern Your Research and Other Professional Activities," governs the University response in the case of an allegation of misconduct in research. According to that booklet, a report from the investigating committee will go to Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles for study and approval...
HONG KONG -- Deng Xiaoping, China's senior leader, may be too senile to govern. According to a Western diplomatic source, the 88-year-old head of state has lost all real decision-making ability, and now Deng's family members -- some of whom had taken advantage of the authority vacuum -- stand to lose power. Members of the top leadership are distancing themselves from Deng's children, and a corrupt Deng retainer was recently stripped of his immunity from prosecution by the man who may someday officially become Deng's successor, Jiang Zemin...
...have no reason to doubt they are negotiating in good faith. But of course their concept of democracy is different from yours and mine. We have already encountered this problem in their concept of power sharing, which to them means the party that loses the elections should continue to govern. Now we have moved them away from that, and they are coming to accept our concept of a government of national unity which is based on majority rule. We are saying all political parties with a substantial following should be included in government, so we can face problems together...