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Moscow views China's opening to the West as potentially threatening and sees Brzezinski as the principal villain in a plot to set up an anti-Soviet alliance involving China, Japan and NATO. Brzezinski rejects that view: "A China that is increasingly modern, increasingly capable of dealing with its large number of people, increasingly a factor in stability both in its region and in the world as a whole-a China that is strong and secure-that is a China we would like to see. We do not see cooperation among China, the U.S., Western Europe and Japan...
...from the battle fields of World War II, when a generation of G.I.s depended on the frill-free G.P.s (for general purpose, and hence Jeep) that could growl through rivers of mud and over impossible obstacles. General George C. Marshall called the Jeep "America's greatest contribution to modern warfare," and the infantry man developed a love affair with his Jeep that was sketched by Cartoonist Bill Mauldin in his Willie and Joe series...
...people will enjoy some unusual gifts this Christmas. Jobs are being created so fast that the 150-year-old hemorrhage of forced emigration has been stopped; no longer can it be said that Ireland's greatest export is men. The population is rising for the first time in modern history. Irishmen are returning home from distant lands. And a most remarkable development is occurring: at current growth rates, the Irish standard of living-based on production per capita-in 1980 will surpass that of once mighty Britain...
...Nonesuch). Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noel; Senate a Six (The Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen director, Desmar). The album of folk-inspired Christmas music, a welcome change from today's homogenized carols, ranges from a 12th century Latin tune, Ad cantus leticie, to a rousing Gloucestershire Wassail from modern Britain. Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Mass, based on French Christmas carols, is a graceful work, and the voices of The Boston Camerata are perfectly balanced...
...which is footed by the U.S. Government, totals $1 billion a year. By contrast, the tab for a CAPD patient is only about $8,000 a year, and is likely to drop as the technique becomes more popular. Says Nolph: "We have here one of those rare circumstances in modern times where something is not only potentially better, but cheaper. That combination doesn't happen very often...