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...exploitative device that would eventually disappear. It seems doubtful that he would have approved any attempt to revive it after it had disappeared. Most of all, Deng's version of Marxism lacks the crusading zeal of the classic variety. Marx preached his revolution as history's final showdown between the forces of light and those of darkness. It strains the imagination to conjecture what he might have thought of a second revolution that seeks, in Deng's words, "to adopt useful things [from] the capitalist system...
...Susan Sontag, William Styron, John Updike, Woody Allen and Mailer himself, who agreed to debate sometime Archrival Gore Vidal. Indeed, the Vidal-Mailer matchup was a major draw for the series, and no wonder: their previous encounters have been dramatic, head-butting and drink-throwing affairs. But the latest showdown was disappointing. "A meeting between two toothless tigers," Mailer called...
...Portugal, a New York City concern that, with the help of a computer, came up with 300 possible new designations. The International Harvester name, though, will not completely vanish. Case now owns it, along with the red-and-black IH logo, and is using both in advertising campaigns. AGRICULTURE Showdown at Guacamole Gulch...
...showdown would have come in the third round, which pitted Shamir's candidate, Minister Without Portfolio Moshe Arens, against Levy for the chairmanship of the convention steering committee. Instead, the convention ground to a halt when Sharon tried to pack it with 200 pro-Sharon and pro-Levy delegates. Addressing Sharon, Shamir demanded: "Do you think being chairman of the mandates committee is the same thing as being a front commander or Chief of Staff?" Shamir accused Levy of "megalomania" and described the convention as a "circus." Scoffed Levy: "Shamir's behavior is better suited to Disneyland...
...Mafia Showdown...