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...this that we do things that endanger our interest." Said one Sino-Soviet expert: "Secretly, I revel in this sort of thing. Of course, there are hazards in it; there is the danger that the war could upset the stability of the entire region. But from a strictly hardheaded standpoint, the best thing might be that there is no outcome to the Sino-Vietnamese-Soviet conflict, that they all sort of exhaust one another in there...
...sight of a now-dead reporter interviewing and filming scores of people just a few hours before the deal went down for all of them. Never before have we been able to witness a lurid event in such detail. While the coverage has been good from an informational standpoint, it is somehow uncomfortable...as if it were an invasion of the dead's privacy...and unquestionably in poor taste. If you doubt that, take a quick look at the way Newsweek and Time featured bloated corpses and screaming headlines on their covers this week, or think about The Boston Globe...
...From the standpoint of the people I've seen they don't look different from anybody else," Krause said...
...some observers do not rule it out. Moscow maintains a diplomatic mission in Tehran that is far bigger than that of the U.S. Intelligence officials assume that the Soviet embassy and consular offices provide cover for large numbers of KGB operatives. What is Moscow's aim? "From the Soviet standpoint," says one Western official, "the game here is pretty simple: worse is better. The Shah is their enemy, and anybody who opposes him is to be supported." Adds a former U.S. diplomat: "If you were in the Kremlin, you would say to yourself, what do we do? You strike...
...That was the message, if any, of last week's primary elections in Kansas and Tennessee. They proved once again that money counts; so do family name, hard work, good looks and-increasingly among a tax-and-inflation-weary electorate-a pledge to be frugal. From a national standpoint, the week's biggest winner was Republican Senator Howard Baker, 52, who clobbered five lackluster opponents in Tennessee by garnering 84% of the vote-a larger share than even he expected and one that fortifies his presidential ambitions. Highlights of the races...