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...date is a revered one: 51 years ago, during the "Dec. 9 movement" of 1935, thousands of students took to the wintry streets of Peking and other Chinese cities to protest the expansionist designs of Japan, which had established a puppet state in Manchuria. The ) demonstrations helped weaken the government of Chinese Leader Chiang Kai-shek and paved the way for the comeback of Communist forces after the historic Long March of 1934-35. Many of the young demonstrators later became officials in the new Communist government that was established...
...better part of a year, President Jose Sarney of Brazil has taken a hard line on economic policy. His current goal: to combat runaway consumer spending, which threatens to boost imports and weaken Brazil's trade balance. To rein in the boom, Sarney last month raised taxes and increased prices on consumer items. Since then, labor leaders have demonstrated against Sarney, but the President has stood firm...
...affair in public last week, during a speech to Republican Governors gathered in Parsippany, N.J. He chided those sniping at the President, declaring, "His critics should get off his back so that the President does not lose two precious years in his quest for peace. Don't, don't weaken...
...carried the virus in their cells for several years and have so far remained healthy. Dr. Jay Levy, an AIDS researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, cites the possible role of other infections, use of drugs, poor nutrition, stress and lack of sleep, any of which may weaken the immune system. "If the person's immune system is not compromised by such events," he says, "I believe they will be able to fight off the virus and not develop the disease...
...Colorado Springs, Colo, Reagan said the choice in the Senate race there is between a supporter of a strong defense or "a man who would vote to weaken America and raise your taxes...