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They were not disappointed. Chief Delegate Michael Novak, a neoconservative scholar at Washington's American Enterprise Institute, set out to assure the parley that the U.S. was not about to abandon human rights concerns. Novak made the difference clear: rather than criticizing only rightist regimes for human rights violations-a course the Carter Administration was often accused of following at the expense of U.S. strategic interest-he gave notice that the U.S. would not tolerate the flouting of human rights in Communist regimes. "Abuse of human rights is abominable," Novak declared, "but we want the same standards applied everywhere...
That photo finish was not the only dramatic moment in a competition of many twists and triumphs. Handicappers looking to the 1984 Olympic Games could find much to ponder in the World Championships. Elaine Zayak, the 15-year-old American buzz saw who hurtles into triple jumps with wild abandon, served notice that she will soon be a major force in figure skating (see box), finishing second in the women's competition. A stylish Swiss, Denise Biellmann, 18, showed a few complicated moves of her own and took the gold. And once more, the Soviets proved that at least...
...have served the cause of democracy, but warned that he could not always be counted on to "confront circumstances of considerable tension and gravity." In his own diplomatic way he was telling the politicians that if they wanted to keep their democratic processes alive, they would have to abandon their divisive sloganeering and learn to stand up to the military with a strong democratic government...
Poland. The Kremlin's most worrisome problem naturally loomed large at the congress. Noting that "the Polish comrades are engaged in redressing a critical situation," Brezhnev said that the Soviet Union and its allies "will not abandon fraternal socialist Poland in its hour of need." As Western analysts saw it, Brezhnev was keeping his options open: he had decided not to invade Poland for the moment, but had not ruled out such possible "fraternal" aid in the future. The next day, Polish Party Boss Kania emphasized, almost pleadingly it seemed, that the Poles could solve their own problems...
According to deHart, it was a hamstring problem that forced Szaro to abandon his football career. According to Szaro, it was a gradual weariness of his football life and a desire to try something else. "Even football becomes boring after a while, very stagnant and routine," he says. "We looked at it as any 9 to 5 job, for the paycheck it brought. I'm glad that I got out early enough to begin something...