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Because of the worldwide recession, the economies of the two countries have slowed considerably in the past year; both have trade deficits and mounting debts. Yet these difficulties are probably temporary. A long-range problem may be unrest created by harsh working conditions, especially in the factories: hours are long (averaging 48 a week in Korea, 54 a week in Taiwan), pay is low ($50 per month starting wages in Korea, $35 in Taiwan), and unions, insofar as they exist, have little power to combat managerial excesses. But this is typical of all countries in the early stages of industrialization...
...pioneers who built our nation did not play the game of squash. There were no squash racquets in the first harsh winters at Plymouth. At Shiloh and Chicamauga, at Gettysburg and Manassas, the game of squash was not played. Its province was the bastions of hereditary aristocracy and privilege in Europe and the Occident...
...harsh realities unveiled during the 'sixties are still with us, then, but going to Harvard means minimizing them with a stiff upper lip. We know there are warm spots in the water around us, but we are sailing over them on a self-important little ship piloted by proud matrons going nowhere with a great show of dignity, dragging the water for warmth with elegant fishnets. We are the crew, and now and then we jump over the side, but only to repair the nets, seldom to swim. Our boat belongs to a fleet which still fancies it controls...
Under Assad, Syrians of late no longer worry about sudden, late-night visits by secret police. But the government is vigilant about dissent, and the occasional crackdowns can be both swift and harsh. Last April, for example, 200 people were rounded up and imprisoned on the eve of the Baath Party Congress, probably because they were not Assad men. Publicly, however, they were charged with aiding Iraq, which is governed by a rival wing of the Baath movement. Although relations between Baghdad and Damascus have improved, the two neighbors have frequently been at the brink of war - sometimes over ideology...
...Arlington, Va., a post-firing wake turned into an impromptu party. Army Secretary Martin Hoffmann?who was a Princeton roommate of his new boss, Rumsfeld ?dropped by. So did Colby and his wife, who seemed radiant at the prospect that her husband would soon be out of the harsh spotlight. General Vernon Walters, deputy director of the CIA, arrived with a box of chocolates and a battery-operated car for the youngest of Schlesinger's eight children. Schlesinger's wife Rachel cooked a 22-lb. turkey. Before carving it, Schlesinger asked: "Where do I apply for food stamps?" Later...