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...export of revolution" during the '60s and '70s, when the Peking leadership was still enamored of Mao's idea that global disorder would hasten the Communist millennium. The results ranged from disappointing in Africa to disastrous in Indonesia, where a Peking-sponsored coup d'état backfired, leading to the destruction of the local Communist Party and official hostility toward China that lingers to this day. Partly because of that experience, partly because of their disillusionment with Mao's constant reinterpretation of Marxism, and partly because of their desire to find allies...
...once, Jaruzelski said: "Citizens, just as there is no turning back from socialism, so there is no turning back to the erroneous methods and practices of pre-1980." But then he said: "The Polish-Soviet alliance is and will remain the cornerstone of the Polish raison d'état." Within hours of the imposition of martial law, Radio Moscow carried an approving bulletin on the government's action. Said a government official in Moscow: "The Soviet troops in Poland are in their barracks. Polish troops have control of the situation." Jaruzelski's move was reported without comment...
...kind of turnout can be expected when voters cast their ballots for delegates to a constituent assembly on March 28. He is hoping for 60% of the country's estimated 1 million to 1.5 million eligible voters. "This government is the product of a coup d'état, "he explains. "In order to go back to legality, we must have a new constitution...
Among the many improbabilities of Taps is the nonappearance of that group. Surely in dealing with a military academy that is literally up in arms, chat-chat is preferable to rat-tat-tat. Moreover, the film never decides whether it has come to praise or bury the military tradition. Its ambiguity is apparent in casting the likable Hutton as the rebel leader. He tries, but one just cannot believe he is the kind of ramrod who would, or could, take his peers to the brink of armed confrontation and beyond. What with Director Becker lingering too long over various photogenic...
...sure who can win this war. We may all end up losers. This industry has been marching toward bankruptcy like a bunch of lemmings, and we at TWA are not going to follow them over the cliff. Managements who engage in this kind of tit for tat should be fired." TWA tried to keep its cuts selective. Although it reduced prices on some flights, it maintained the normal $129 fare from New York to Orlando...