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...fundamental cause of Palme's defeat, however, was the growing popular feeling that Sweden's government was becoming a Leviathan. There is almost no quarrel with the generous benefits of the cradle-to-grave welfare cocoon created by the Social Democrats. But Swedes have been increasingly concerned that the ever growing concentration of state power and the extension of bureaucracy into private life have already begun to curtail individual rights and liberties (TIME, July 19). Frequently cited as an example of the increasing arbitrariness of the bureaucracy was the harassment of Writer-Director Ingmar Bergman by Swedish...
Even though University Police Chief David Gorski said that Hammer's flair made it more difficult to safeguard the painting, Gorski acknowledge yesterday that the affair was all Hammer's, and he wasn't about to quarrel with a gift horse
...name into the Lockheed scandals, told Senate investigators that Strauss and the C.S.U. had received at least $10 million for West Germany's purchase of 900 F-104 Starfighters in 1961. The party and its leader denied the allegations, and Strauss filed a slander suit against Hauser. The quarrel ended what was left of a longstanding friendship that went back to Mauser's days as a U.S. Army intelligence officer during the postwar occupation of Germany. Hauser had helped Strauss get his start in local Bavarian politics, and Strauss repaid him years later when, as Defense Minister...
Heavy Pressure. As the interminable warfare continued, the Egyptian and Syrian Prime Ministers met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to try to at least paper over the feud that has strained relations between their two countries since Egypt signed the interim Sinai agreement with Israel last September. The quarrel over the Sinai forced Egypt and Syria into somewhat artificial opposition over Lebanon. After the Syrian intervention, it ironically appeared that...
...George III but Parliament who attempted to tax America. The most that can be alleged against the King is that he stood by Parliament in their quarrel with the American people. The Americans demanded independence of Parliament, not separation from the Crown. They were ready to acknowledge George III as their King provided they were allowed to govern themselves. -"1776, the British Story of the American Revolution...