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Smith has also received generous aid from South Africa, even though his regime's blatant march toward apartheid is something of an embarrassment to Pretoria and its "outward-looking" foreign policy of making friends with its African neighbors. The embarrassment is likely to increase as Rhodesia makes use of the constitution's possibilities for repressive laws. Sooner or later, those laws are likely to be needed. South Africans are outnumbered by Africans only 4 to 1. White Rhodesians have set themselves the task of staying on top in a country where they are a minority by a ratio...
...clove-scented cigarettes so favored in Indonesia. Skeletons of unfinished skyscrapers still stand as bleak monuments to the grandiose dreams of the Sukarno era; three-wheeled betjak rickshas duel with decrepit cars on the capital's crowded streets, just as they have for years. But despite the outward resemblances to the bad old days, change is coming to Indonesia. In sharp contrast to the early '60s, that change is for the better...
...derisively of Mongolia as a Russian "colony." The Soviet Union enjoys military superiority everywhere along the border. The Chinese airfields nearest to the Ussuri fighting point, for example, are at least 250 miles away; within that radius, Russia has 50 airfields. Russian pilots on reconnaissance missions constantly overfly the outward few miles of Chinese territory. Some of the Soviet units stationed along the border are equipped with rockets, and nearly all have the latest and best Russian guns and military vehicles. Even in the contest to populate border areas Russia is far ahead of China, with up to 100 persons...
Under ethological examination, even ordinary smiles take on new wrinkles. One of the most common is what the Birmingham scientists call the "simple smile," a mere upward and outward movement at the corners of the mouth. It indicates inner bemusement; no other person is involved. The "upper smile" is a slightly more gregarious gesture in which the upper teeth are exposed. It is usually displayed in social situations, such as when friends greet one another. Perhaps the most engaging of all is the "broad smile." The mouth is completely open; both upper and lower teeth are visible. It is typically...
...general, nursing homes have long had a chamber-of-horrors reputation, especially many of the older, smaller "mom and pop" homes run by unskilled husband-and-wife teams. Roy Christensen, 35, president of Beverly Enterprises, charges that they often are "just cesspools for the dying aged." By all outward signs, the newer chain homes are a vast improvement. Most are airy, well-lighted, landscaped structures that look like motels. Some have such amenities as barbershops and beauty parlors. Mindful that idleness can break the will to live, many organize activities for patients, including on-premises religious services, movies and tours...