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...hostility shown Tanaka in 1974, Nakasone's reception in Indonesia was warm. Apparently confident that Nakasone will not lead his nation on an expansionist path, President Suharto did not even raise the question of Japan's recent military buildup. In Manila, Nakasone expressed his deep regret to President Marcos over Japan's wartime depredations in the islands. According to Nakasone, Marcos was sufficiently moved by the gesture to declare that "the era of stability has opened in Asia." In the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, Nakasone firmly rejected the notion of any future military superpower status...
Although Thatcher favors hanging, she probably does not regret last week's outcome. A return to the noose would have saddled the government with the task of redefining and reforming the nation's penal law so as to define the various conditions under which capital punishment would be applied. It would also have given Britain the dubious distinction of being the only country in Western Europe, except Turkey, to execute criminals...
McMullan seldom produced results from either his community or his own staff by asking politely. Miami Police Chief Kenneth Harms, who has battled with McMullan over the causes of Miami's recurrent racial disturbances, police brutality and civilian review issues, does not regret McMullan's departure. Says he: "It will be like missing a sore tooth." Despite the paper's editorial excellence and its emphasis on local community reporting, many Miamians resent the Herald's power and tone of parental authority, often viewing it as an extension of McMullan's own abrasive personality...
...continuing source of U.S.-Soviet friction. When one of them had to be hospitalized during a hunger strike and subsequently received permission to emigrate, the remaining six voluntarily left the embassy basement. Upon their arrival in Vienna last week, the Pentecostals expressed joy at being in the West but regret that tens of thousands of fellow believers were still waiting back home for exit visas. -By John Kohan. Reported by Erik Amfitheatrof/Moscow
With the notable exception of the Communists, Italy's fractious political parties had good reason to regret last week's national elections, if only because the results left the country more difficult to govern than ever. The last parliament produced six coalition governments in four years. As if they had been asked once too often to settle such incessant power struggles, the electorate this time delivered what amounted to a stunning protest against the government. The major victims of the voters' pique were the Christian Democrats, who have led or dominated every one of Italy...