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Despite New Delhi's undeniable lurch toward totalitarian rule and its suspension of certain civil liberties, India remains, strictly speaking, a democracy. Mrs. Gandhi's harsh effort to suppress political opposition shocked observers outside India, but she did act within the bounds of India's rather pliable constitution. Even though some 30 opposition members are in jail or under house arrest, Parliament continues to function. Moreover, an unfettered Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments on Mrs. Gandhi's conviction in June for illegal campaign practices, as well as on a constitutional amendment abrogating the charges...
Gordy is disdainful of all criticism, personal and professional. The harsh reviews? They are merely "attacks on an uppity black." As for frequent rumors that Motown is Mob financed, Gordy counters: "We have a choice of suing people for such stories or ignoring them." Employee resentment over his dictatorial managerial style is not so easily dismissed. "If I ever wrote a book," says one Motown staffer, "I'd call it God Is on Extension 274-that's Berry...
...next ten minutes of the period belonged entirely to Radcliffe. Swarming into enemy territory, they consistently beat blue shirts to the ball and began to pepper the Tufts' goalie with harsh drives from within the circle. Tufts mounted a brief counterattack, but the half ended with the Crimson holding a slim lead...
Carmo's soft voice belies her harsh words, but there is good reason to take her Revolutionary Brigades seriously; they have been violently assaulting Portugal's governments for the past four years. In November 1971, shortly after they defected from the Communist Party because they regarded it as too bourgeois, they blew up the NATO base at Fonte da Telha. In 1972 they stole hundreds of pounds of explosives from the army and blew up 15 army trucks; that same year they also severed the ocean cables linking Portugal to Africa and America. They bombed two army installations...
...administration is cutting its budget to attack inflation and is in no mood to boost new spending. New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative premier, Richard Hatfield, is under heavy political fire for putting taxpayers' money into the company in the first place. Malcolm Bricklin is facing the harsh reality that his car is turning out to be something like a new Edsel, which cynics always thought it would...