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...possible, of course, to dismiss such demands as no more than an opening bargaining position, designed to seize the high ground at negotiations. But there are no negotiations under way now, and scant prospect of them in the short term. The memorandum is, it seems, a revolutionary document. "The people," it pledges, "are determined to continue the process of building people's power in our communities, factories and schools regardless of the cost. The possibilities of freedom and democracy are no longer dim and distant. Our victory is certain...
...concentration of power in the hands of the few is precisely what has held many nations back. By wielding strong control over their economies, socialist states leave scant room for innovation, enterprise or experimentation. In a recent book, How the West Grew Rich, Authors Nathan Rosenberg and L.E. Birdzell Jr. write that the explanation for Western Europe's economic growth starting in the Middle Ages was the increasing dispersal of power in society. They conclude that this achievement "stemmed from a relaxation, or a weakening, of political and religious controls, giving other departments of social life the opportunity to experiment...
...strong curatorial case can be made for ending the story in 1918. It is too bad, however, that the MOMA show, unlike its Vienna and Paris predecessors, omits all but a bit of political context. There is scant reference, for example, to the troubling de facto alliance between the Secessionist aesthetes and Vienna's populist right against late 19th century liberalism, or to the right-wing regime that ran the city during the % Werkstatte's glory days, or to the unpleasant fact that the bank Wagner designed was established as an alternative to the "Jewish banks." By remaining ahistorical, MOMA...
Three middle stops in Houston represent an oasis all right, but having coached the Celtics to a championship four years ago, Fitch had a special * perspective on both teams and seemed to be finding scant comfort in so much local knowledge. "When that little picture machine of his goes off," he said of Bird, "he's in a world of his own. (Fitch used to like to call Bird "Kodak.") That little voice starts talking to him. He's in his backyard again. He's playing by himself." The image delighted Fitch, but only for a moment...
...Chernobyl troubles in addition to the damage caused by the blast and radiation. It suffers from a serious credibility gap as a result of its lack of candor about the accident. Other nations have severely criticized the Soviets for first concealing the disaster from the world and then providing scant information. Many Soviet citizens are also resentful because they were not warned of the danger until more than a week after the accident. Residents of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, 80 miles from the crippled reactor, took no safety precautions in the same period. Many now fear that they suffered...