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...other hand, NATO analysts foresee growing animosity between Moscow and its Warsaw Pact allies. The study urged the U.S. to persist in seeking closer ties with Eastern Europe at Moscow's expense. But one Soviet relationship, that with Prague, seems likely to stay firm for quite some time. Czech President Gustav Husak last week actually thanked the Soviets for their "unselfish assistance" in invading his country ten years ago and toppling the liberal Dubcek regime...
...doubts persist about the extent of the Cuban involvement with the Katangese, it may be in part because the rebels' history is so murky. Escaping from Katanga in the mid-1960s following the collapse of a separatist movement led by the late Moïse Tshombe, they initially supported Portugal in its fight against the black Angolan liberation groups. After one of the guerrilla groups, Agostinho Neto's Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, came to power in Luanda, the Katangese switched their allegiance to it. Although the Katangese have helped Neto's government in its continuing struggle with rival...
...University and the unions differ about the reasons for the walkout. University officials persist in terming it completely unjustified, saying that no matter how pressing an issue appears to be, a wildcat strike is not a solution. J. Lawrence Joyce, director of the Department of Buildings and Grounds (B&G), recently said, "There was no issue that warranted that kind of action," and other officials, such as Edward W. Powers, associate general counsel for employee relations, who called the strike an "unfortunate incident," echo Joyce's comments...
...very basic and key questions about the life cycle persist. Does the theory apply to women--from the beginning life cycle research has virtually ignored them. Does it apply to non-Western cultures, to earlier historical epochs? Levinson suggests it does, but has no real basis for this claim. And most importantly, as one is left shouting in frustration at roommates and friends after reading this book--Why? Why does life work this way, what is the motor of the changes of eras and developmental tasks, what causes the cycle to occur? Is the engine of change biological or social...
Father Dudko is encouraged by the founding in 1976 of the Christian Committee for the Defense of Believers' Rights, though Father Gleb Yakunin and other leaders have reportedly been threatened with prosecution if they persist in their efforts. Dudko also takes heart from what he sees as a religious revival. "There is a spiritual crisis in this country, a vacuum that has to be filled," he says. "A woman came to me and asked for her child to be baptized even though she is not a Christian. Why? She replied, 'To fill the emptiness in my child...