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...sure, Baker was not advocating a return to the gold standard, in which the price of the precious metal would be fixed in all the major currencies. But the Secretary said countries might use an index of the worldwide prices of gold and other heavily traded commodities as a partial guide in coordinating economic policies. If that index was rising, for example, it would be a sign of inflationary pressures, and nations might decide jointly to raise interest rates to prevent rapid price increases...
Ironically, that may necessitate a partial reversal of the Deng reforms. Small plots will have to be recombined into larger collective farms. The trick will be to rebuild communal farms without destroying the new incentives that have made individual farmers so productive. Specifically, the incomes that farmers make will have to rise with the level of production. Only by maintaining its delicate new balance between Communism and capitalism can China hope to feed its next billion people...
With so much at stake, pressure is mounting for an international agreement restricting antisatellite-weapons development. The Soviets have observed a self-imposed ASAT test ban since 1982, and recently called for a bilateral moratorium on further testing. For several years, Congress has backed a partial ASAT moratorium, but the Pentagon has persistently opposed such constraints. ASAT critics argue that if the U.S. continues to develop antisatellite weapons it will only force the Soviets to do likewise -- and ultimately put U.S. devices at risk. "ASAT arms control," notes Congressman George Brown, a California Democrat, "will serve this nation better than...
Israel may be able to form an internal consensus to relinquish some authority over portions of Palestine now. This in a nut shell is the solution Peres discussed, and it would leave the Palestinians as partial partners in a state which, though not their own, would be more than they have...
...always revelled in the destruction of Atlanta in "Gone with the Wind" but now I'm partial to the "Battle of New Orleans"--90 shots of the most dazzling bursts and bangs since American fights blew away Khaddafi's tent. The Cub Scouts gathering in a shack nearby gave it a standing ovation...