Word: ironhandedness
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The successes of the Kurds in Iraq's north as well as those of predominantly Shi'ite rebels staging a simultaneous uprising in the south have plainly spooked Saddam. Last weekend in an apparent bid to soothe popular discontent, Saddam relinquished one of his posts, that of Prime Minister, and...
Such jocks-apposed strategies come down hardest on the two American players who are permitted to play on each of Japan's twelve major-league professional teams. Usually older, fading stars, the Yanks go to Japan confident that they know how to play baseball, only to be promptly disabused of...
The day before Thursday's protest, there was every indication that the government was ready to crush even the smallest sprig of dissent. On Tuesday Premier Li Peng and President Yang Shangkun reportedly informed Deng that the movement had spread "to high schools, the countryside and even among the workers...
Although Polish authorities speak of allowing the resumption of independent union activity and the other reforms won since August 1980, the government's methods of political control seem more reminiscent of the Stalinist era. Censorship remains ironhanded within Poland, although it was lifted at week's end for...
A major reason for their willingness to go along with the military's ironhanded but velvet-gloved rule is Turkey's economic prosperity. Exports (primarily tobacco, textiles, hazelnuts and cotton) have reached a record high, and so has the balance of payments surplus. Tourism will set new records...