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...could solve San Francisco's recent fiscal problems. Feinstein argued that she had united a diverse city after Moscone's death. But in the end, old-fashioned political organizing and the wooing of minorities turned out to be more important than issues. Feinstein's liberal record won her the support of blacks. She also got the strong backing of the gay community by promising to appoint homosexuals to city boards and commissions in proportion to their share of the population (estimated at about 15%). The tactic succeeded: fully 70% of the gay vote appears to have gone...
...strengthen the resolve of the British, West German and Italian governments. But it also contributed to the uncertainty of some of the smaller members of NATO, notably The Netherlands and Belgium. The opposition socialist parties in The Netherlands managed to collect enough support to put the Dutch Parliament on record as opposing the missile plan. Caught in a domestic political dilemma, Premier Andreas van Agt dashed off to Washington, Rome, London and Bonn in search of a compromise...
Only nine countries in the world had an unblemished record: Austria, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Fiji, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada and Costa Rica. The U.S. was not listed among them. Though not charged expressly with political repression, it is nonetheless criticized for the resumption in some states of the death penalty, which Amnesty International seeks to abolish everywhere...
...first it seemed to be a case of delayed judicial prosecution. General Chung, a political moderate with an impeccable military record, was long rumored to have been involved in plans against Park's authoritarian rule. As dis closed by confidential sources to TIME five weeks ago, Chung was alleged to have supported the plot against Park hatched by Korean Central Intelligence Agency Chief Kim Jae Kyu-but he had not bargained on assassination (TIME...
...move to shots of Death-to-the-Shah street crowds, who by now economically wave their fists most fervently when they see the camera's red light upon them. Next the "students" appear, enjoying the dream of every terrorist and airplane hijacker: to have television cameramen vying to record their loudest threats and wildest allegations. This has usually been balanced, if at all, by a brief low-key response from the State Department spokesman, and by the infrequent appearance of an unimpressive publicity man for the Shah. Anchormen and their producers are generally scrupulous about presenting "the other side...