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Suslov's visit may have been prompted by fears that Warsaw's Central Committee meeting this week would sanction further democratic reforms. Shortly before the visit, in fact, Kania told a socialist youth congress that "we have an unbending will to continue the process of social renewal, to develop democracy in the party and state, to reform the national economy, social life and government personnel." One could hardly draw up a list of goals more abhorrent to the Kremlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: From Russia with Suslov | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

...socialism of the Soviet Union must be phony. Any truly socialist country would have a peaceful foreign policy that did not sanction intervention in other nations' internal affairs. The Soviet foreign policy directly contravenes the three cardinal postulates of Chinese foreign policy: peaceful coexistence with the West, a peaceful transition from capitalism to socialism for the rest of the world, and peaceful competition between ourselves and capitalist states. Unlike the Soviet Union, China has no hegemonic intentions...

Author: By Ni Shi-xiong, | Title: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing | 4/23/1981 | See Source »

...lead opinion, Justice William Rehnquist reasoned that the singling out of males for punishment makes sense, since women "suffer disproportionately the profound consequences of sexual activity." Added Rehnquist: "A criminal sanction imposed solely on males thus serves to roughly 'equalize' the deterrents on the sexes." Moreover, he said, if females were liable too, few would report the incidents, thus further frustrating attempts at enforcement of a law aimed at reducing teen-age pregnancies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: For Men Only: | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

...even stop at the Ivies--make it the entire East Coast. And considering the limited number of schools which actually sanction intramural tackle football, extend that to national champions...

Author: By William A. Danoff and Mark H. Doctoroff, S | Title: Quincy Blasts Yalies, 20-6, Takes Tackle Crown | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

...initiative, they argue, can the ascendance of the communists (reportedly gaining strength in the country's rural areas) be prevented. And yet, Marcos last week directed that the death penalty be dug up for the present CFIA fellow. Thus Aquino remains in a precarious position--unable to either sanction terrorist bombings or to return home and find an alternative consitituency. He takes Marcos' latest diatribes with a combined sense of equanimity and bewilderment, terming the president "paranoid," or, in more ingenuous moments, "crazy...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Storm Warning | 10/31/1980 | See Source »

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