Word: governance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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AMERICAN POLITICIANS rarely advance by dint of ideological purity. One campaign and they learn how to compromise; one term, and they learn to praise compromise as the essential virtue of those who would govern themselves. Paul Tsongas, who ten years ago served on the Lowell city council and now sits in the U.S. Senate, is no exception. He has, with all sincerity, traded in his liberal baggage, handsome though it was, for it simply wasn't strong enough. Now he's got an ideological American Tourister ensemble; it may not hold too much, and its aesthetic is function, not beauty...
From his new base in France, Rajavi is now making statements designed to gain broader acceptance outside Iran. He says that he would govern with a national council including representatives of all the forces "who agree with our line of independence and freedom, except the allies of the Shah and Khomeini." Asked why his promises should be more credible than those of Khomeini, who also pledged free speech and a pluralist society during his exile in France, Rajavi answers: "We are not just a group of intellectuals without any responsibility. We have been a popular movement for 17 years...
...current impasse, according to Banisadr, can be broken only if Khomeini makes good on his original promise to support a democratic regime that offers basic liberties to all citizens. "That would at least allow for the possibility of a reconciliation among the different tendencies, and for a government that could govern," says Banisadr. There is little chance, however, of the stubborn octogenarian's backing down, nor is there any individual or group that could unite the divided Iranians. The army is generally considered the most cohesive force in the country, but it is hopelessly bogged down in the border...
...Mujahedin Run Government. We would not have political prisons and executions. All political parties could operate freely. The government we want is national, progressive, democratic and Islamic. The Shah was a symbol of physical power, but he was a dictator and he fell. Khomeini is the symbol of spiritual power, but he too is a dictator and he is falling. If I wanted to govern this country and ignored these recent examples, then, even with the physical power of the Shah and the spiritual power of Khomeini, I would be defeated...
These days there are ample signs that the ghosts, along with other problems, are haunting Argentina's ruling military circles. The land they govern is vast (over 1 million sq. mi.), sparsely populated (28 million people), and has long been one of the great granaries and beef exporters in the world. But Argentina's ceaselessly turbulent politics, oscillating for decades between chaotic populism and military dictatorship, have kept the country from realizing its enormous potential. Today, the Argentine economy is deteriorating badly. The inflation rate, for years the world's highest, had declined from...