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...expected, Evren announced that his government would honor Turkey's commitments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The pledge was welcomed by Western strategists because Turkey, with the largest standing army in Europe, is the vital defender of NATO'S southeastern flank and shares a 350-mile border with the Soviet Union. Thus the U.S. and its Western European allies tended to be sympathetic to, if somewhat saddened by, the generals' reasons for seizing power. As Sir Ian Gilmour, Britain's Deputy Foreign Secretary, put it, "No one likes army coups. But when you have...
...teams to bowl games 26 times (a record); last season's Sugar Bowl appearance was the 21st consecutive postseason trip for Alabama's Crimson Tide (also a record). Under his stewardship, the polls gave Alabama the national championship six times. Bryant's teams have won 14 Southeastern Conference titles and a Southwest Conference crown...
...Carter's vow in the event of a showdown in the gulf could be a logistical nightmare. Administration strategists are concentrating on dealing with four possible emergencies. Three are based on the Afghanistan experience-"invitations" to Moscow by secessionist Azerbaijanis in northwestern Iran, or by Baluchis in southeastern Iran, or by an embattled leftist government in Tehran that eventually might take over from the mullahs. The fourth possibility is a Soviet thrust into Pakistan, under the pretext of hot pursuit of Afghan rebels. In each case, the U.S. would have to contend with an overwhelming Soviet advantage: geographical proximity...
Square, squat and dour-faced, Kania is the only top Polish official of solely peasant stock. Raised in a village in southeastern Poland, he trained as a blacksmith, but in 1945 went to work for the Communist Party. In 1968, although he had little formal education, Kania was appointed head of the Central Committee's administrative department, where he ran the party machinery according to the wishes of the Politburo and the party secretaries. To satisfy so many constituencies, as he evidently did, Kania needed considerable bureaucratic skill-and the political finesse of a big-city mayor. As security...
Since early July, workers in 68 enterprises have walked off the job. The most dramatic protest occurred in Lublin (pop. 300,000), where railway and other transport workers brought the southeastern city to a standstill for three days. The army had to be called in to deliver milk and bread. Instead of resorting to force, local party leaders used wall posters to appeal for a return to order. Among the pleas was a Politburo warning that the strikes "could awaken the concern of our neighbors"-a thinly veiled reference to the possibility of Soviet intervention...