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...Vice Premier repeatedly told his congressional hosts that Peking will not use force against Taiwan, unless it has to. "If they refuse to negotiate," he asked House Speaker Tip O'Neill, "what are we to do?" But Teng promised the Senators and Congressmen that after reunification, Taiwan can retain its capitalistic economy and even its armed forces...
...some kind of unity in his interim government, in which he shares power with three moderate black leaders: Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole and Chief Jeremiah Chirau. Many black supporters of these leaders have already expressed their displeasure over the amount of power that the whites will retain after a new government takes office following the April elections. The whites will still hold 28 of the 100 seats in Parliament and one-quarter of the Cabinet portfolios, and will retain a strong voice over the judiciary, the civil service, the police and army for at least ten years...
...young who are most responsible for the changes in Moras En Valloire. They retain the peasant work ethic, for that is too deeply rooted in their psyches to discard; but generally they tend to be impatient with tradition. Instead, they prefer the future with its glittering promise of a new and better life ahead...
Members of an ad hoc committee on Med School admissions policies reported last week that they will recommend that the school retain the minority subcommittee--which screens minority group applicants--although they believe its authority should be somewhat reduced...
...kind of thinking, a veteran policymaker observed last week, caused the U.S. to "miss a chance to act. Washington proceeded on the assumption that what the Shah needed was propping up; what he really needed was to be told the facts of life." The facts: if he wanted to retain even a semblance of power, he would have to find some way to accommodate his more moderate opponents by moving toward the establishment of democratic institutions. By standing fast for so long, he united the opposition behind its most militant faction, which will settle for no less than his ouster...