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...white veil into swaddling and so conjures up a baby in arms. Horns blare as a crowd of celebrants, resplendent in red, holds aloft a richly caparisoned tent for the wedding of a blind king. A master of military arts orders a disciple to cut off his right thumb and thereby lose his strength and skill. "It is not cruelty," the teacher explains. "It is foresight...
Under the government of Chun Doo Hwan, striking for better pay has been almost unheard of. Walkouts were virtually banned, and unions were strictly under the thumb of Seoul. But since June, when Chun capitulated to popular demands for democratic reform, both the government and the opposition have expressed sympathy for the workers' plight. "It is true that the government has sided with management in the past out of the need for growth and stability," said Roh Tae Woo, who heads the ruling Democratic Justice Party, "but it must now side with labor to compensate for sacrifices made...
...that he is caught up with both politics and personal relations but "most intrigued in the area where the two cross over, where personal relationships are molded by political and economic circumstances." In any case, his rule of thumb remains, "If you can't love someone, you can't be a Socialist...
...troops from Afghanistan last fall was an ill- disguised sham. Other soldiers soon took their place. The crucial test is not whether the Soviets will agree to a cease-fire, which would merely ratify the occupation, but whether they will permit a new government not under Moscow's thumb...
Tuck was smaller than Tom Thumb...