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...doubted that they would. The seizure of the palace was only the latest and most dramatic episode in a relentless civil war waged between the oppressive Somoza government???which has usurped the country's riches, denied it political freedom and brooked few critics?and a mostly unarmed population weary of Somoza family rule. The still unsolved murder last January of Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, a prominent newspaper editor and a leading critic of the regime, helped to unite a widely factionalized opposition. Despite official denials, suspicions persist that Chamorro's assassination was ordered by Somoza...
Beyond zoning restrictions, there are countless other minutely detailed regulations at all levels of government???but chiefly local?that balloon builders' costs. A Rutgers University study of 2,000 builders concluded that "excessive" regulation of all kinds now accounts for $9,844, or almost 20%, of the price of a home that sells for $50,000. Many communities specify not only minimum lot sizes but also minimum house sizes; that is a sure way to keep out the lower income groups...
...consumer. Far from admiring merchants, he looked upon them as a greedy lot who were forever trying to bypass the market by conspiring to fix prices and hold down wages. But he thought, somewhat naively, that such monopolistic schemes could prosper only with the active aid of government???which, in his day, they often got. So he advocated complete laissez-faire. Government, he said, should stop trying to regulate trade, cease all intervention in the market and let free competition work its wonders...
...view of most experts, the Communists will move cautiously if unswervingly toward their principal goals in Viet Nam. Politically, they will probably try to incorporate as many of the neutralist and religious groups as possible into a new revolutionary government???but one that will, no doubt, be dominated by its Communist representatives...
...Pentagon papers controversy has severely damaged the mutual willingness of press and Government???inherently in conflict?to maintain a working relationship with each other. The fact that for the first time the difference had to be resolved by the Supreme Court indicates a breach that threatens the orderly processes of a democratic society. Regardless of the legal issues, the newspapers saw a higher morality in exposing the secret history of decisions that had led to a dangerously unpopular public policy. Appeal to a higher morality by an individual or an organization is often necessary?and always dangerous. No government...