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...there is another side. The troubles facing the Kremlin leadership loom large to the men who pore over the morning findings. U.S. capabilities, both military and economic, may be a bit battered and rusted, but they are basically intact, and it will be possible to catch up. Meanwhile, Moscow has to worry about 'crop failures in the Ukraine and the impact of Pope John Paul in Eastern Europe. The Soviet surge in alcoholism is also in the equation. It is more debilitating than our drug culture. It portends deep discouragement with a faltering system. Vodka has become more consoling...
...escaped calamity earlier last week. Like two express trains hurtling toward each other along a single track, Poland's government and independent labor movement had seemed headed for certain collision. Solidarity, the 10 million-member union federation, was threatening to launch a general strike that would halt every loom, lathe and furnace in the country. Warsaw's Communist leaders were ready to respond with a declared state of emergency and possibly an armed crackdown, a move that could provoke a violent civil conflict. But both sides in Poland's labor-government showdown hit the brakes...
...hired Mercedes sedan speeds across the last sliver of Sinai territory, 28 miles wide, which Israel is to return to Egypt next year. The car cruises on through the rolling Israeli heartland and into the steep hills leading to Jerusalem. Soon the chunky stone fortifications of the Old City loom in the twilight. It has taken nine hours-and more than 30 years-to get there from Cairo...
...rest of the squad, things won't be so easy. Two grapplers who made the U.S. Olympic team loom as the major obstacles to the Crimson's 118-pounder, Rick Beller, now fully recovered from his ankle injury of mid-season. And sophomore 142 Andy McNerney will need a healthy helping of good fortune to best the three wrestlers who will likely be seeded above...
Kania talks tough as one strike ends and new troubles loom...