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Nyerere's successor is regarded by Western diplomats in Dar es Salaam as a pragmatic politician who has helped maintain Zanzibar's tenuous link to the mainland at a time when Tanzania's pervasive economic problems have caused many Zanzibarians to question the value of that union. A Muslim, Mwinyi is expected to continue Nyerere's socialist economic policies, despite their mixed results. As for Nyerere, he will retain the important post of party chairman for at least the next two years. He plans to travel extensively throughout Tanzania in an effort to restore the peasants' somewhat diminished faith...
State Department spokesmen maintain that Marcos is paying attention to U.S. warnings. They say that Marcos has responded to Laxalt's visit with several announcements. Though none are new, they include a promise to increase the military budget by 39% and let U.S. observers be present for the 1986 and 1987 elections. Marcos also gave Laxalt two lengthy reports, one on the economy and the other on the military, to support his view that the insurgency is not as grave as the U.S. portrays. Said a State Department analyst: "We've got our own sources, and they indicate that...
...both better and cheaper to put on a network show rather than hire a local personality, especially for nights, weekends and other lower-rated radio time slots. Audiences may not even know they are hearing a network broadcast because local phone numbers and recorded promos are sometimes used to maintain a local flavor...
Moviegoers should probably shut their eyes for the first few seconds of The Journey of Natty Gann and miss the production company's logo. Those who insist that the studio in question maintain certain prissy and unrealistic standards about onscreen language and incident will thus be spared needless outrage upon hearing the film's adolescent heroine mutter the odd four-letter word on stressful occasions, for example when she has to fight off a man intent on molesting her. Those who have a different set of expectations for the company's works will not feel obliged to hedge their enthusiasm...
...Kremlin has peppered the U.S. with scattered human rights charges ever since the Sacco and Vanzetti case of 1920. But in the maneuvering leading up to this week's summit, the denunciations have reached new heights. The campaign represents a tactical shift by Moscow; while the Soviets still maintain their traditional stony attitude about Western interference in their own "internal affairs," they are now going on the counterattack. In reply to the continued U.S. criticism of Soviet emigration policies and Reagan's recent rebukes of the oppressive nature of Soviet society, the Kremlin under Mikhail Gorbachev has taken the offensive...