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...Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has thrust upon the Carter Administration a question whose answer is not as obvious as it seems: whether-and to what extent-to arm Pakistan. The U.S. suspended both military and economic assistance to Islamabad in April 1979, after concluding that Pakistan was secretly engaged in building a uranium-enrichment plant capable of making atomic bomb materials. That cutoff was required under U.S. laws aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. Furthermore, Washington has reason to worry about the longevity in office of Pakistan's President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq. Ever since he seized...
...West as Soviet intervention in the Third World through surrogates. The Soviets' invasion of Afghanistan with their own troops abruptly changed the situation and challenged Fidel Castro's claim to leadership of the Third World. In the United Nations, nonaligned states attacked the Soviet imperialist thrust, while Cuba's representative lamely endorsed the Soviet action without specifically mentioning Afghanistan. The invasion killed Cuba's chances of winning a much desired seat on the Security Council...
Like a timid Shakespearean character, Felipe Ruiz seemed destined for anonymity until events thrust a touch of greatness upon him. After allegedly killing a Spaniard, Ruiz stowed away on a ship of Dominican friars bound for missionary work in 17th century Japan. The little band of Catholics found the Japanese less than hospitable, and Ruiz, refusing to denounce his religion, was burned at the stake with his newly found companions. He might have been little more than one amoung countless church martyrs except that Pope John Paul II will be arriving in the Philippines in early February to make Ruiz...
...largest house, named simply the Stage, has a thrust stage, with the audience on three sides. Not one of its 643 seats is more than 50 ft. from center stage. Six hydraulic lifts can carry actors and scenery up and down; plays will be done in repertory, so there is ample room in wings and flies for sets from at least two productions. Behind the Stage's thrust is the second theater, a pentagonal house, 100 ft. in diameter, which is aptly dubbed the Space. All seats are movable, and the director can use the room...
...wake of the Soviet thrust into Afghanistan, against a backdrop of the Kremlin's continuing nuclear and conventional military buildup, the U.S. must redefine its role in the world and especially its relationship with the U.S.S.R. Columbia's Soviet affairs specialist Seweryn Bialer fears "the worst possible situation is when the U.S.S.R. feels that it has nothing to fear from the U.S. and nothing to hope for from the U.S." In the current situation, Bialer urges that "the Soviets should have more to fear from us than they...