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...Machiavellian, intelligent and chameleon-like politicians on the world scene." That is somewhat grand, considering the small size of Carrillo's party (claimed membership: 100,000) and the preference of most Spaniards for middle-road politics. Now Carrillo is trying to draw the more popular Socialists into a consensus on how to further democratize Spain, in order to blur their image as the dominant party on the left...
That leaves the coloreds and the Asians to be shoehorned into the Afrikaner political system. A primary reason for Vorster's calling the election is to gain a popular consensus for a proposed new constitution, one that would abolish the present parliamentary system, based on the Westminster model. Instead, each racial group in the country except blacks?whites, coloreds and Asians?would have a separate communal "parliament." These bodies would in turn nominate representatives to a Council of Cabinets, which would choose an all-powerful President (presumably Vorster). The council would have eleven members?six whites, three coloreds...
...Dade County (Miami), school officials trying to cut double-digit truancy rates in low-income areas have been experimenting?rather successfully?with luring kids to class with free hamburgers, Frisbees, T shirts and yo-yos donated by local businessmen. After a decade of stormy debate, there is no consensus about how schools can right the wrongs. Conservative back to basics" forces rail that '60s innovations have left schools flaccid. They demand a return to a three-Rs curriculum and call for "minimal competency" testing, to make sure that high school students are not granted diplomas until they can read...
Students were easily able to avoid presenting their identification to the single guard on duty by hopping the fence around the towers or dodging behind the House library, Marquand said. He added that the decision to add the extra guard was made "by consensus...
LAST FALL, when Jimmy Carter was running for president, many of his detractors cited his inexperience in international affairs as one of his major weaknesses. In light of this pre-election criticism, and given the absence of a clearly-defined public consensus as to what America's role in world affairs should be, the energy and candor that have marked the Carter administration's efforts towards a Middle East peace settlement during the past ten months are both surprising and praiseworthy...