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...guerrilla war in Afghanistan, of which no end is in sight. Says one Reagan Administration official: "Ten years ago, most insurgencies around the world were directed against the West. Now many of them are against the Soviet Union or its allies." He has in mind not only the Afghanistan rebellion but the contra campaign in Nicaragua and a struggle by guerrillas against the government of Angola, which is being propped up by as many as 30,000 Cuban troops...
Neither did Forster, who kept on writing, driven by appreciative reviews and inner necessity. In varying forms, The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908) and Howards End (1910) all constituted a subtle rebellion from the tyranny of his mother and her circle, the comfortable middle-class English world of suburban villas and careful class distinctions. Against such strangulated values, the son set a fictional vision of the free discourse he had enjoyed at Cambridge, coupled with the warm sensuality he had glimpsed during travels in Italy and Greece...
...Philibosian announced the encouraging first results produced by her controversial campaign to persuade newspapers to publish the names of delinquent parents. After papers publicized 254 of the "deadbeat dads," 30 of them were located. Says Allred: "To paraphrase Gloria Steinem, 'You have to perform an outrageous act or rebellion every...
...California, Howard Jarvis, father of the 1978 tax rebellion, failed to rally voters behind Proposition 36, an initiative to plug the loopholes local governments have used to produce revenues since Proposition 13. The Jarvis plan would have barred cities and counties from raising fees for services, such as garbage collection or street maintenance, without the approval of two-thirds of the local voters. It also provided for a property tax rebate (average amount: $300) for 40% of the state's households. The proposal attracted a diverse chorus of critics, including Republican Governor George Deukmejian...
...Muslims and by the partition of India and Pakistan. Mrs. Gandhi's murderers were Sikhs, whose religious community of 15 million represents only about 2% of India's population but holds a disproportionately important place in the country's life. For the past two years, a Sikh rebellion has been smoldering in Punjab, their homeland on the Pakistani border. Last June, after failing to quell the Sikh agitation for greater autonomy and put an end to an extremist movement calling for an independent Sikh nation, Mrs. Gandhi had sent the army into Punjab and into the most sacred...