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...Beyond that, there are rising expectations, which are largely the product of our success in a market economy. These expectations are referred to as egalitarian economics, and they pose a dilemma for Western governments. If qualitative excellence has been abandoned in favor of an egalitarian approach, that is a built-in contradiction to a market economy...
Popular Monarch. Despite their current worries, however, the Thais have many built-in strengths to fall back on-including their ancient tradition of independence and their long-nurtured fear of the Vietnamese, with whom they have warred for centuries. They also have an immensely popular monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 47, a tireless worker who spends much of his time traveling in rural Thailand with a walkie-talkie in his hip pocket. In addition, the country has remained stubbornly prosperous, with sharply rising foreign exchange and gold reserves-a fact that has undoubtedly inhibited the growth of the Communist insurgency...
Britain today has neither the built-in markets of the Commonwealth nor the vast used-weapon surplus that in the years after World War II made London the West's No. 2 arms exporter. Nor are the British as aggressive as their Continental rivals. "Britain has darn few salesmen," complains one English arms expert. "There's a lack of push among recent efforts, and morale is terrible." Nonetheless, Britain last year sold an impressive $1.5 billion in arms, accounting for about 8% of world transfers. Frigates, submarines and fast patrol boats went to Latin America. Iran bought more than...
...blame for the built-in obsolescence of hockey-writer Stan Fischler's recent Bobby Clarke and the Ferocious Flyers rests not so much with the Philadelphia Flyers's fortunes but with Fischler's own re-hashing of his old Sporting News columns and reluctance to look deeper into the subject...
...cats, there are Prince Valiant suede tents, "powder-room screens," fiber-glass igloos and a Ko-Z Cat Cottage with pile carpeting, a sun deck, catnip bar and built-in mouse hole. For animals left behind by vacationing owners, pet motels and inns vie to offer such features as wall-to-wall AstroTurf, brass beds, Snoopy linen, piped-in music, color TV, bathrooms, beauty parlors, air conditioning, thrice-daily cookie breaks, and meals cooked to clients' specifications (including kosher diets). If the pet travels with his owners, there are guides listing only hotels and motels that welcome...