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Considering the fact that the 1917 Revolution was dedicated to the destruction of religion, the present standoff is something of a triumph for Orthodoxy.* The early Bolshevik regime confiscated church lands and abolished religious influence in schools. Intense atheism campaigns in the 1920s and '30s led to the imprisonment and death of thousands of priests and the desecration of countless churches. In the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, workers boasted that they burned 20,000 icons in socialist competition. By 1939, when Stalin signed his pact with Hitler, the Russian Orthodox Church had only 100 or so churches open throughout...
...survey, conducted among 1,221 registered voters from May 14 to 16,* showed a near standoff between Reagan and Carter, with Anderson still trailing. The percentage figures were Reagan 36, Carter 34, Anderson 23. Since TIME'S last survey, in late March, Anderson's total had risen slightly...
...students rather than diplomats, and holed up inside the five-story, red-brick embassy, which they refer to as a People's Bureau. Eight carloads of police and FBI agents took up positions around the building, waiting to seize the aging "students" if they set foot outside. The standoff abruptly ended when the Libyan government announced that it had agreed to recall its four nationals. At a press conference, the pseudo diplomats denied the charges against them and expressed regret at having to leave the U.S. Said one: "We wanted to finish our studies...
Thus the rejuvenated superstars headed for their celebrated showdown. In the first two games in the best-of-seven championship series, the men and their teams played to a standoff. With Abdul-Jabbar pouring in 33 points and sweeping up 14 rebounds, the Lakers won the first game, 109-102. Next it was Erving's, and the Sixers', turn. He had 23 points and seven assists with five blocked shots, two of them against Abdul-Jabbar himself. As the teams headed for Philadelphia for the weekend, fans savored the sight of Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook and Erving...
Muskie told TIME Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil: "In terms of the violation of international are entitled to nothing. We could be involved in this kind of standoff for the indefinite future unless, without submitting to blackmail, we can put together a package that builds on the pressures they must feel-the internal fragmentation, their worsening economy, the incursions on their borders...