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...candidate of the conservative People's Party, had lied about his knowledge of Nazi atrocities committed while he served as an officer in the German army during World War II. Despite evidence that he had obscured major episodes of his military career, Waldheim, 67, defeated his Socialist opponent, former Health and Environment Minister Kurt Steyrer, 53.9% to 46.1%. Said Waldheim after his victory: "I am very happy to have received such overwhelming proof of trust from a majority of Austrians...
...candidate nods appreciatively and smiles. He expects victory, and that allows him to relax a little. In the first round of balloting on May 4, Waldheim, with 49.7%, fell short of an absolute majority by only 16,500 votes. His Socialist opponent, former Health and Environment Minister Kurt Steyrer, received 43.7%. Two minor candidates who got the remaining votes are not participating in the runoff...
...very interesting student," saysBrennon Wood, Kenworthy's tutor and thesisadvisor. The thesis analyzed the radicalizationprocess in the 1960s of the Students for aDemocratic Society and the Socialist WorkersParty. "He's very quiet and it's hard to knowwhat's going on in his head, but he's a very goodstudent, very thorough and concerned about thematerial," Wood says...
...France, nuclear power produces 65% of the country's electricity, and it is solidly backed by Socialist President Francois Mitterrand and Conservative Prime Minister Jacques Chirac. Nonetheless, the French government has been forced to admit that radiation levels from Chernobyl were much higher than originally thought, and some farmers in the eastern part of the country have had to plow under tainted lettuce and cabbage crops. On Wednesday, Paris announced that five workers at a reprocessing plant at Cap de la Hague had accidentally received from .7 to 18 rems of radiation over their bodies. Five rems a year...
...gave him his first assignment on American shores, Dubinin was no diplomatic novice. Before going to the U.N., he served as the Soviet Ambassador to Spain for seven years, where he skillfully carried out the Kremlin's decision to restore good relations with the Spanish monarchy and Spain's Socialist political leaders. Still, he is regarded by some Western diplomats as conservative and cautious, an unsophisticated apparatchik who has a reputation for stonewalling at every turn. Some observers regard him as a throwback to the bad old days of Soviet diplomacy, close both personally and in style to Andrei Gromyko...