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CHINA'S ATTACK on Vietnam, though not unprovoked, is certainly reprehensible. It could be argued that frequent border conflicts between the two countries, Hanoi's expulsion of 180,000 ethnic Chinese and, in particular, its invasion of Cambodia and overthrow of the China-backed Pol Pot regime have forced China to do something to prove its strength and its commitment to supporting its allies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: China Power Play | 2/22/1979 | See Source »

Recognition does not, however, necessarily endorse the new government. In particular, Khomeini's call for the destruction of the state of Israel is a move the United States must deplore. In addition, the revolution that placed Khomeini and his appointees in power included many leftist groups as well as Shiite Moslems and the United States should not regard Khomeini as the only political force within Iran. Recognition of Iran simply maintains American contact with a nation that is vital to U.S. interests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Iran's New Era | 2/22/1979 | See Source »

Back in 1973, we initiated a very small program in one of the assembly plants in GM, where, in the glass installation area, scrap was at a horrible rate, and repairs were at an impossible rate. Half the people in that particular area--only about 30 people as I recall--had suffered some kind of disciplinary measure against them by management in the previous six months; absenteeism was very high, labor turnover was bad. We asked the workers whether they would volunteer to undertake a program. We said, 'Obviously, what's happening here is no damn good.' Fortunately, practically...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg and William A. Schwartz, S | Title: UAW: Loosening the Chains | 2/21/1979 | See Source »

...agency insuring human rights must have a legal as well as an ideological basis expressed in a political agreement suited to a particular country's history and stage of economic development, he said...

Author: By Cecily Deegan, | Title: Panelists Say Carter's Policy on Human Rights Cannot Apply to Underdeveloped African Nations | 2/20/1979 | See Source »

...adopted by the convention must be ratified by three-quarters of the states before taking effect. There is no evading the clarity of the text. As Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist Paper No. 85, "The words of the article are peremptory. Congress shall call a convention. Nothing in this particular is left to the discretion of that body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Shades of the Founding Fathers | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

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