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...first glance, the fierceness of Chilean leftist feeling against the U.S. seems strange indeed. Chile, after all, is more prosperous and more egalitarian than most of its neighbors. It is also the staunchest democracy in South America, undisturbed by coups d'état since 1932 and led for the past six years by the strenuously reformist government of President Eduardo Frei. Few countries in Latin America have appeared to be so devoted to the democratic process as this nation of 9,000,000. Even its geography helped by isolating it from its neighbors. Stretching more than 2,600 miles down...
Even more surprising was the defection of the Rev. Curtis Burrell, formerly one of the gangs' staunchest allies. Burrell ran afoul of the Stones when he decided they were not acting for the good of the community and fired several of them from the K.O.C.O. staff last month. He denounced the gang as a negative element and held a "march against fear" in the Kenwood-Oakland area to muster resident support. Shortly afterward, five bullets were fired through the front window of his home...
...Semyon K. Timoshenko, 75, one of the architects of the German defeat on the Eastern front in World War II; of cancer; in Moscow. The son of a landless peasant Timoshenko deserted the Czarist Army 1917 to join the Bolshevik Revolution and became one of Soviet Communism's staunchest soldiers. A favorite of Stalin, he rose to the rank of Marshal at the age of 45, won a reputation for tenacity and rigorous discipline if not for tactical brilliance He was called in to bolster the sagging Russian invasion of Finland in 1939 and led five armies plus...
...possible that powerful regional commanders like General Ngo Quang Truong of the ARVN 1st Division might turn into the equivalent of feudal warlords, carving out fiefdoms of their own. The staunchest antiCommunists, like Nguyen Cao Ky, might well fight on, backed primarily by French-trained senior army officers and Catholic refugees from the North. They could perhaps hold out for a time in scattered enclaves. In the end, though, the Communists would almost certainly gobble up the countryside piece by piece and destroy every last area of resistance. They could then reunite the country on their terms, although...
Prosciutto and Melon. The disputed merger is special because British Petroleum is 49% owned by the U.S.'s staunchest foreign ally, the British government. Equally important, BP stands to benefit hugely from its oil finds on Alaska's North Slope. BP has discovered reserves estimated at an enormous 5 billion barrels, or about 25% of the total believed to lie under that barren region. Seeking marketing outlets for its crude, a BP subsidiary last March bought approximately 8,250 East Coast filling stations from Sinclair...