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...Polish nationalism and to the traditional enmity between Poles and Russians, which complicate any prediction of the future and any estimate of what John Paul's visit may achieve. What will happen now? Will the visit stir even more nationalistic fervor in Poland and elsewhere and eventually help weaken the hold of the Soviet Union? Will the Soviets pressure Gierek because he indulged the Pope in his desire to visit? Will the Warsaw government feel the need to reassert itself by cracking down on Catholicism...
Levesque had done whatever he could to ensure the defeat of his old enemy Trudeau. To weaken the Liberals' traditional domination of federal elections in Quebec, the Parti Québecois endorsed the Social Credit Party and its bombastic leader, Fabien Roy. The strategy backfired. In the Liberal sweep of the province, five of the nine Social Credit M.P.s were defeated...
During the recession, TIME'S economists expect, the real gross national product will decline by only 1% or 2% before recovering next spring. Still, that will be enough to weaken loan demand and cause overall interest rates to turn down. The economists expect the banks' prime lending rate to rise from the present 11¾% to 12½% or 13% in early summer, and then decline, perhaps sharply. Thus, the stock market should rise later this year. Wall Street rallies often begin during recessions...
...when he was stronger. But it does not look like they are going to communicate at all." Accordingly, American policy planners expect a light summit schedule with face-to-face talks only in the mornings and for less than an hour each. After that Brezhnev is apt to weaken, even on his good days...
...Circus. Brattle, Thursday at 5:30 and 9:05 p.m. With Never Weaken and Sherlock...