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Modern democracy may be nothing more than an "accident" whose time on the stage of world history is almost over. Its survival in the face of relentless Communist success is highly unlikely, and will be decided before the end of the century. The West will have no one but itself to blame for its demise...
Revel then asks a disturbing question: "Could Communism's expansionist strategy have succeeded so well unless the West was predisposed to succumb to it?" His answer: the success of Communism can be explained only because "the democracies themselves have adopted the Communists' image of the world and their perspective on history...
...Chinese authorities seemed willing to let the money-changers operate. It was a further signal of their determination to shift from a planned, predictable economy to an open one. That approach has had spectacular success in the countryside over the past two years. Last month delegates to the Third Plenum of the Twelfth Central Committee approved a 16,000-word resolution put forward by Leader Deng Xiaoping extending many of the reforms to the cities. As a result, the government-set prices that have allowed 200 million people to enjoy low rents ($3 to $5 monthly per family), inexpensive food...
...style is a little bit rough on the edges." But others see nothing wrong with her flair for the dramatic. Noting that Allred is careful to keep her theatrics out sides of court, Justice Joan Dempsey Klein of the California Court of Appeal says, "She does her homework; her success rate is good. She is both style and substance. So long as there is not an equal rights amen ment, there will be lots of work for Gloria Allred...
Instead of using the data to make some coherent argument about the motivation, politics, and success of the antiwar movement the authors content themselves with short and sweet explanations thrown in anyone the laundry list of details...