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...spectacle reflects the power. Bathed in white light, Moscow's Red Square at night is one of the most impressive symbols of strength in the world???as large and brooding as the land itself. The flat, stark lines of the Kremlin's forbidding and protective wall dominate Lenin's tomb and the glorious domes of St. Basil's Cathedral. The Soviet Union, an empire whose expanse dwarfs the one ruled by ancient Rome, now confronts a pivotal decade in its history. Before long, an entirely new generation of leaders must replace that of President Leonid Brezhnev and his aging associates...
...Iranian revolution could become a model for future uprisings throughout the Third World???and not only its Islamic portion. Non-Muslim nations too are likely to be attracted by the spectacle of a rebellion aimed at expelling all foreign influence in the name of xenophobic nationalism...
...brand all his opponents?believers in parliamentary government, ethnic separatists, Muslims who questioned his interpretations of Islamic law?tools of the CIA. When the United Nations and the World Court condemned the seizure, he labeled these bodies stooges of the enemy. It was Iran against the world???indeed, all Islam against the "infidels...
Finally, John Paul's presence and words reminded Americans?and the world???that humanity does have a higher nature. Said Monsignor John Tracy Ellis, leading ecclesiastical historian at Catholic University: "The greatest contribution that the Pope's visit can make to our nation is focusing upon and emphasizing the need for a revival of morality. John Paul is a man of singular sophistication; he is no pious goose. But he is a moral leader?or he isn't anything...
...Western companies operating in Angola, Neto said, "are doing their work well, have good relations with us, and pay their taxes promptly. We have no reason to complain." Conspicuous by its absence was any reference to capitalist exploitation, neocolonialism and bourgeois imperialism, common catchwords in the socialist Third World???and until recently in Agostinho Neto's troubled capital...