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Already 1 American in 4 defines himself or herself as Hispanic or nonwhite. If current trends in immigration and birth rates persist, the Hispanic population will have further increased an estimated 21%, the Asian presence about 22%, blacks almost 12% and whites a little more than 2% when the 20th century ends. By 2020, a date no further into the future than John F. Kennedy's election is in the past, the number of U.S. residents who are Hispanic or nonwhite will have more than doubled, to nearly 115 million, while the white population will not be increasing...
...soldiers restored order in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku in January, Gorbachev warned the press against "antiarmy propaganda" and put through an increase in officers' salaries and allowances that will cost about $2 billion. Unlike some of his predecessors, Gorbachev never served in the military. But if his problems persist, Gorbachev may find himself treating his generals like old army buddies...
...these misperceptions persist among the College's uninformed masses? Put simply, many Harvard students have never set foot inside a boathouse. They have never rowed a single stroke. They have never raced--sporting the Harvard colors--on the Charles River. They have never pushed themselves to succeed beyond their limits at the ultimate collegiate sport...
...Vienna Convention is unambiguous: it says all diplomatic missions, residences, vehicles and personnel are "inviolable" and cannot be interfered with. Yet American forces in Panama persist in violating the treaty's strictures. In addition to mounting an armed surveillance of the Peruvian Ambassador's residence, soldiers demanded to search a car containing Cuba's Ambassador to Panama as he left the Cuban embassy last week. After a 90-minute shouting match, the G.I.s settled for a cursory look inside the vehicle before letting the ambassador drive away...
GEORGIA. Violence flared over the release of four Ossetians detained in connection with the fatal shooting of a nine-month-old infant last fall. Ossetian activists are campaigning for greater autonomy and cries persist to ) "overthrow the Communist regime in the republic." In Kareli, 50 miles northwest of Tbilisi, protesters demanding independence drove government workers out of their offices...