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Some members will not go even that far. Beneath the New Forum umbrella are half a dozen smaller groups that bear such optimistic names as Democratic Awakening and Movement for Democracy Now. One of them, the United Left, seeks to eliminate the ruling party's Stalinist heritage and to form independent trade unions, but its members are avowed Marxists who fret that any "fundamental opening up of society" could threaten Communist rule. These differences could make consensus difficult if the New Forum attempts to draw up an agenda. For now, the various factions are not inclined even to merge. Says...
...these circles that the decisions will be made about who gets what and how much from the capital drive. Spence, however, will have broad powers to set the money priorities--just as he will bear much of the responsibility for FAS fundraising once it kicks into high gear...
...year-old Honecker, who was reported ill following a gall bladder operation in August, said he was resigning for health reasons. "My health no longer allows me to bring the energy to bear that the fate of our party and people requires today and in the future." he said in a statement carried...
Seeing is also a subject that Cliff Stern (Woody Allen) takes seriously. A documentary filmmaker, he is driven not by God but by the demands of an unyielding conscience to make his camera -- his eye -- bear witness to the inequities of his careless time...
...sports," he says. "What we've done in this society is to build huge stadiums to let 22 people play on the grass." Most Americans, he feels, participate largely by watching sports on television. "People think that's all that's left for them," he complains. Statistics seem to bear him out. The number of active tennis players, for example, has declined from around 32 million in the late 1970s to some 20 million today...