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...home and abroad. It would be an admission that the Sandinistas had abandoned their commitment to pluralism and freedom of the press, and were drifting toward totalitarianism. But with the Nicaraguan economy in a tailspin and public restiveness on the rise, the government seems increasingly unwilling to give free rein to so outspoken a critic. If La Prensa is crushed, said Vice President George Bush last week in Rio de Janeiro, the Sandinistas will "make it strikingly clear in the eyes of the world that they fear the truth." Perhaps the most poignant statement on the fate of the troubled...
...real question is what Moscow might expect to gain from such tactics. Some observers feel that the immediate target of a Soviet economic squeeze would not be Solidarity and its group of radical leaders but the Polish Communists, who have so far failed to rein in the unruly union. Says Georges Mink, an expert on Poland for the Paris-based Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: "If the Soviet Union wants to obtain a more conciliatory attitude from the government and make it easier for the hard-liners in the infighting, then the economy is a logical weapon...
...crucial test of wills could take place this week as Solidarity delegates gather in Gdansk on Sept. 26 for the second half of their national convention. Walesa and his fellow moderates are hoping to rein in union radicals. The argument for moderation was indirectly strengthened, in fact, by Pope John Paul II's encyclical on trade unions that many observers interpreted in part as a veiled warning to Solidarity not to become too politicized (see RELIGION...
...spending their horses too early over the grueling 1½ mile distance ambled through the first three-quarters of a mile in a somnolent 1 min. 141/5 sec. By that time, Jockey George Martens, 22, had Summing snugged into the rail, running easily on the lead under a tight rein. Martens, content to rock along, peered over his shoulder repeatedly, looking for a challenge from Pleasant Colony. Finally, as the horses headed into the home stretch, Summing would wait no longer. He burst into a four-length lead. Said Martens: "He just dragged me out front." When Pleasant Colony finally...
...economy is in far from perfect health, most major banks raised the bench mark prime lending rate first from 19.5% to 20% and then to 20.5%, a mere 1% below the record set last December. The banks were reacting to ongoing U.S. Federal Reserve attempts to tighten credit and rein in the money supply, thus slowing the economy in order to restrain price increases...