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...next Congress will not be a carbon copy of its predecessor. Even if the Democrat vs. Republican lineup does not change much, congressional observers expect the outlook of both chambers to shift considerably to the right. Many Democrats, including liberals, have tried to keep pace with the conservative tide in the electorate. In addition, some prominent liberals may be defeated. Thus the next Congress may resist new spending programs, except on defense, and be more willing to strengthen agencies like...
Even more revealing is Marcos' recently demonstrated inability to contain the tide of popular discontent. Last week the Philippine leader played host to the American Society of Travel Agents', a convention Marcos deemed crucial to Philippines' flagging economy and image. Although ASTA members had received a warning last month signed by the most visible anti-Marcos group--the April 6 Liberation Movement, which claimed credit for many of the bombings during the autumn--Marcos gave impassioned personal guarantees of safety to the travel agents. These importunations prevailed enough to draw 3500 delegates to Manila, which had taken two years...
...pollsters almost to a man believe that the Carter-Reagan race is now so even and so fluttery that one good puff of wind from the Persian Gulf or Moscow could turn the tiny tide one way or another. These "external sources of conflict," to use the language of the experts, can dramatically bring "coherence" to a confused domestic political picture by scaring people to one side or the other. Burns Roper calls this year's race closer than the eyelash contest of Kennedy-Nixon in 1960, and his research of the data from 50 years shows that every...
...units for no longer than a year and thus might not perform effectively in the chaotic conditions of battle. Since command from above is absolute, individual soldiers and even officers are discouraged from taking action on their own-a potentially serious drawback, since personal initiative can sometimes turn the tide of battle...
...acutely satirizes the dilemma of an art lover. Strolling one evening, he stumbles upon the Master doodling a huge mural in the French sand. Caught without a camera, the tourist moves slowly up and down the beach, trying to make a mental photograph of the masterpiece before a rising tide comes to wash it away...