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Long-term political change, he believes, will be difficult to implement. "Any reform will hurt the vested interest," Zhao contends. "Bureaucracy abhors change and present policies are running into a stiff resistance." If Deng's policies fail, Zhao warns, the nation will either revert to following the Soviet Union or become "something like Iran, neither pro-Western nor pro-Eastern, but internally confused and chaotic...
...invented to represent a representative Government. Every time a new President moves in, the city changes dramatically. All those immeasurably powerful Cabinet chiefs, Senators, admirals, ambassadors - they come and go. Thousands of Washingtonians have been wondering if they would continue to be Washingtonians after this week, or revert to Iowans or Oregonians. The city was invented by the people, and it takes its nature from whatever the people wish...
...sports commentator, and the wrestlers are mourning their lost opportunity. Says Don Krone, staff administrator for the A.A.U.'s wrestling division: "It may set our program back two or three years." With the U.S. men's basketball team at home, the gold medal should easily revert to the towering Soviets...
Greek-Americans preserve their culture through the Hellenic Society, French-Americans through L'Alliance Francaise, and Jewish-Americans through B'nai B'rith and other organizations, but "Italian-Americans have nothing," Ussia says. "It's fine to revert back to your roots, but it's crucial that Italian-American culture--somewhat different than Italian culture--have a home of its own. We have to do it now," he adds...
...same time, the right overall Government policies and strategies are necessary. Nobody is demanding that the state revert to the minor role that Adam Smith envisaged for it, which would not even include operating a nation's canals. All capitalist countries have mixed economies that combine some free-market features and some government controls, depending on practical needs, tradition and political trends. But there are sharp new questions about the mix. Says Jan Tumlir, chief economist of the world trade organization GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade): "The 1980s must be a period of rethinking the functions of government...