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Strobe Talbott's commentary is a superb assessment of the legacy of Karl Marx. I am not blind to the shortcomings of our political and economic system. Nevertheless, misuse of power and position, however gross, is hindered in the U.S. by internal controls and (sometimes excessive) scrutiny by a free press. Even if some abusers go unseen and unchecked, their terms are limited...
...absence of any competition from Brown in the diving events, Bernal said he decided to rest his top two divers, freshman Dan Watson and junior Jeff Mule, and give the other divers an opportunity to score points toward their varsity letters. Sophomore Karl Illing and freshman Steve Feyerick took the one- and three-meter diving events, respectively, and both qualified for the NCAA qualifying meet in diving...
Gifted artisans, who abound in the land of Disney and tinsel, labored at arcane specialties. Among them: Decorative Painter Frank Baumann, 71, who plied his trade in the lavish 1930s movie theaters, and German-born Karl Mindermann, 51, a silversmith. Baumann took charge of the delicate brushwork while Mindermann worked on recoppering the dome. Sculptor Michael Casey walked in one day to see what was going on and ended up plastering walls and ceilings-sometimes with cake-decorating tools. Says Mathews: "There is talent and skill left in this country like you can't believe...
Poles have revolted countless times against their oppressors, only to fail heroically. Almost every generation of Poles for the past century and a half has risen in arms. This penchant for rebellion?evident again in Solidarity?prompted Karl Marx to call Poland the "thermometer of the intensity and vitality of all revolutions since 1789." Successive occupations and uprisings, moreover, gave Poles a deep-rooted mistrust of foreign-imposed governments and sharpened their skills at organizing broad-based conspiracies. It also increased their pride in the past. Many of Solidarity's buttons show the Polish eagle adorned with the crown that...
Whatever idea Jaruzelski is helping defend in Poland today, it is certainly not the one that Karl Marx had in mind 134 years ago, when he and Friedrich Engels wrote, at the beginning of their Communist Manifesto, "A specter is haunting Europe-the specter of Communism." By that, they meant the spirit of the underclasses, seeking vengeance against their exploiters. Nor is Jaruzelski defending the vision summed up in the closing exhortation of the Manifesto: "Working men of all countries, unite!" In Poland, the workers have been trying to unite for a better life, but their efforts are haunted...