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South Florida?that postcard corner of the Sunshine State, that lush strip of hibiscus and condominiums stretching roughly from Palm Beach south to Key West???is a region in trouble. An epidemic of violent crime, a plague of illicit drugs and a tidal wave of refugees have slammed into South Florida with the destructive power of a hurricane. Those three forces, and a number of lesser ills, threaten to turn one of the nation's most prosperous, congenial and naturally gorgeous regions into a paradise lost...
...turmoil have on other Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe? Might Moscow's own dominoes begin to topple? Would the Soviets, despite their entanglement in Afghanistan, send tanks rolling into Warsaw, as they did into rebellious Budapest in 1956 and Prague twelve years later? If so, how could the West???and particularly the U.S.?respond...
...party policy. Traditionally, Nationalist ideology has been divided between so-called verligte (enlightened) and verkrampte (narrow-minded) elements, though these days it tends to break down more between younger and older Afrikaners, farmers and city dwellers. If the choice is for a verligte approach, South Africa?and the West???might yet be able to buy a little time to try to salvage a peaceable future in the region. If the verkrampte forces prevail, the confrontation between the U.N. and South Africa could come within months. In that event, the U.S. and Britain will have to join in economic sanctions...
After the failure of the skyjacking and the suicides of the terrorists, there was little hope that Schleyer would turn up alive. Nevertheless, West German President Walter Scheel took to television to plead with the abductors: "The whole world ?East and West???is against you. I appeal to you to set your hostage free." To no avail. Twenty-four hours later, the Liberation, which had been used by Schleyer's kidnapers to convey previous messages, received a telephone call from a terrorist. He identified himself as a member of the Commando Siegfried Hausner of the Red Army Faction?...
Such improvements have only set off the spiral already familiar in the West???of rising expectations. The Soviet consumer is finally beginning to demonstrate that he will not tolerate shoddy treatment forever. Last year private saving rose 20% because consumers refused to spend their money on badly made goods. A million TV sets remain unsold not because Soviet consumers cannot afford them but because they want wider screens...