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...seems there is nothing that can bring them out from their three-week pilgrimage through the land of study. Ah...but there is one spectacle which should bring life to the studying masses...
...bitterness of the campaign caused an explosion of violence and random killings from the ghettos of West Kingston to all of Jamaica. Politicized young thugs stalked the streets of Kingston during the three-week election campaign, assaulting supporters of the other side. Police estimate that at least twelve people were killed during the campaign. thereby raising Jamaica's political-murder toll this year to more than 200. Finally, authorities were forced to ban all political rallies, which had acted as magnets for the thugs...
Miki's strongest challenger is his harshest critic, former Deputy Premier Takeo Fukuda, 71, who has lined up powerful backing from among the L.D.P.'s half-dozen factions in a bid to succeed Miki. Their rivalry became so bitter that they maintained separate national headquarters during the three-week campaign and kept up a running feud that badly damaged L.D.P. prospects. One possible compromise choice is Finance Minister Masayoshi Ohira. Miki is genuinely convinced that radical reforms are needed to refurbish the L.D.P.'s image. His diagnosis: "The party caused its own defeat because we failed...
...Americans consume more than three times their body weight in turkey--stuffing not included--in the three-week period before Christmas each year...
...asylum in the U.S., CIA Director George Bush hailed the defection as an "intelligence bonanza." According to euphoric Pentagon spokesmen, an examination of the plane and interrogation of the pilot would yield vital secrets about Soviet air-weapons technology. But U.S. experts who were dispatched to Japan for a three-week study of the aircraft have come to a different and surprising conclusion: the much-touted superplane brought to the West by Soviet Air Force 1st Lieut. Viktor Belenko is, in many respects, a clinker...