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Martens' victory appeared to contradict recent opinion polls showing that as many as three-quarters of all Belgians, especially young leftist voters, are opposed to the cruise-missile deployment. In the end, however, domestic concerns appeared to take precedence, with voters choosing to continue Martens' program of curbing government spending and phasing out inefficient industries...
Unlike RUS, which constantly contends with a leftist stereotype, the Conservative Club savors its near monopoly as the voice of the right...
CAPA'S CHILDHOOD WAS anything but normal. Born in Budapest in 1913 as Endre Friedmann, Capa had very little time to enjoy his Hungarian heritage before he was kicked out of the country for participating in leftist agitation against the authoritarian government. From the tender age of 17, Capa was by himself...
...Capa's future in Germany ended with the election of Hitler in 1933. As a leftist refugee, and even worse as a Jew, his physical safety was in danger every minute he stayed in Germany. He soon found his way to Paris where he again faced dire poverty. As Whelan points out in detail, Capa was broke most of his life. The need to make money was always paramount in Capa's mind even if he ended up wasting it away in food and wine...
...military training center in La Union is basically a boot camp. Every 15 weeks about 250 recruits are transformed into troops, which President Jose ( Napoleon Duarte's government needs in its struggle against leftist guerrillas. Last week the trainees received a lesson in warfare when some 350 rebels, armed with mortars and rockets, staged an early-morning attack on the base. The young soldiers fought off the insurgents, but the two-hour battle exacted a bloody price: 42 of the trainees were killed and 62 were wounded. There were ten known rebel casualties...