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...irony, the Zimbabwe delegation was seated right behind that of Britain, its former colonial master. Mugabe, however, had no time for recriminations. He praised Britain for "a job well done" in negotiating the turnover of his country to black majority rule. Though he forecast the eventual development of a home-grown form of socialism in Zimbabwe, he renewed earlier pledges that his country would not be aligned with East or West. Said he: "We will not let any of our friends choose for us who should be our other friends...
...Boston, a survey of America's home-grown impressionists...
...Elton John may seem like the Liberace of rock, but in the U.S.S.R. he could have passed for the Clash. Of the seven government-run radio stations in Moscow, two play rock from abroad; the music gets no more raucous than that of the Eagles. The stations also boost home-grown talent. To a Westerner, Soviet rock sounds like a not entirely successful hybrid of imported kitsch, slicked-up folk melodies and a touch of Russian soul. "Soviet pop music has absorbed contemporary rhythms, but it has remained something individual in its musical phrasing," insists Lev Leshchenko, whose baritone soared...
...rebellion against Rhee made the students heroes against a home-grown Korean government. No sooner were they wearing their laurels than they began to flaunt them. During the short-lived second republic under Prime Minister Chang Myon, 1960-61, the young people took the offensive once again. They marched on the National Assembly, invaded it and demanded harsh punishment for miscreants of the Rhee regime...
...noted in 1975. "No other government outside the United States has thought it wise to be completely dependent on the oil companies." But the U.S. would not have to explain a decision to participate in the oil industry only in terms of joining its capitalist comrades. It could cite home-grown precedents, too. The best is probably the Tennessee Valley Authority. It was a model of the yardstick competitor not only in price but in services and social concern, reclaiming land and replanting forests...