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...drop under Thatcher, but he still plans to vote Tory this time. "The alternatives," he argues, "are so bad that I have no choice." Others are less impressed. Says Labor Supporter Anthony Pearson, an unemployed teacher from Castle Acre in Norfolk: "I'd vote for anyone to get rid of the cold, tightlipped, unimaginative, suburban Mrs. Thatcher...
...cruise missiles because "their accuracy is high and their destabilizing effect on arms agreement is very great." He also contends that the Trident missiles that Britain is obtaining from the U.S. for its submarines "take us to the edge of fear of first strike." Kent wants Britain to get rid of both its nuclear weapons and the U.S. bases, no matter what the U.S.S.R. does in terms of its nuclear weapons. Says he: "We are not waiting for the Soviets to reciprocate." As to which superpower had made the most constructive proposals in the current nuclear arms talks, Kent said...
...drawn-out war against Iraq has clearly helped the regime to deflect attention from much of its internal strife. The offensive occupies an army that could otherwise become dangerously restless, while allowing Khomeini through assassinations and contrived battlefield accidents to get rid of certain "undesirables." Says Mansouri: "Khomeini is the time bomb the Shah bequeathed to Iran when he fled." It is a lesson even the Soviets have had to learn the hard way. -By Pico Iyer. Reported by Raji Samghabadi/New York
Meanwhile, there were indications last week that Moscow may have decided to rid itself quietly of some well-known dissidents. Austrian officials confirmed that Vienna University had sent Physicist Andrei Sakharov an invitation to serve as a guest professor for a year. Soviet officials hinted that Sakharov, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975 and who has been exiled to Gorky, 230 miles east of Moscow, since January 1980, would be permitted to leave. Sakharov has refused previous invitations to travel outside the country, fearing that he would not be allowed to return. But his wife, Human Rights Activist...
...they deserve." The teachers unions also endorsed the overall goals, although they quickly cautioned that longer school days would have to be negotiated at the bargaining table. Said Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers: "We should make use of the time we already have by getting rid of Mickey Mouse courses and Mickey Mouse curriculums. If that doesn't work, enlarge the day and the year...