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That attitude typified the resigned mood of most Detroiters last week as the city-the largest yet to start court-ordered busing-put its plan into effect. Indeed, for Detroit, which suffered one of the nation's worst riots in 1967, the first week of forced busing was remarkably peaceful. Although a few minor demonstrations were held by antibusing groups, there were no serious incidents in the schools or along the bus routes...
...cent tuition increase at Brown, announced last week by financial vice-president Paul Maeder, constitutes the largest percentage rise among the five schools...
Military Stalemate. Some South Africans hope that with their help, UNITA can hold the M.P.L.A. to a military stalemate. That in turn might induce M.P.L.A. Leader Agostinho Neto to accept a power-sharing agreement with Savimbi, who is solidly backed by the Ovimbundu, Angola's largest tribal group. In that case, Pretoria could offer to withdraw its forces on condition that the Cubans and Soviets do the same...
With the farmers' support, the Center Social Democrats, a rightist, free-enterprise party that won only 7% of the vote in last April's elections, confidently expects to become at least the nation's third largest party. The center-left Popular Democrats, although hurt by internal party divisions, are also expected to gain strength in the spring voting, perhaps even outpolling Mario Scares' moderately leftist Socialists, the largest vote getters in last spring's elections. A secret army poll recently leaked to the press predicted a meager 6% vote for Portugal's Communist Party...
...limiting his book to a personality study of Loeb, he ignores the larger issues Loeb's power raises. In examining the roots of that power, it is not enough to explain that the Union Leader is the state's largest newspaper--if Loeb's polemics were completely out of tune with his New Hampshire readership, a rival newspaper might well have emerged. If there are economic factors which give the Union Leader a permanent corner on the market, what are they...