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Hofheinz shares Schwartz's impression that the country has become accustomed to Mao's "spirit" or "guidance" and he posits that the society will depend on something akin to this "guiding light" to continue functioning as it has been. This doesn't mean all-out struggles must continue, Hofheinz says: "The spiritual factor doesn't have to do-with politics; it's a psychological factor." He believes that worries over China's precarious economic situation will impose a temporary lull on spiritual exhortation. But even in the later ranges of history he says, "swings will probably not be so violent...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Divining China's Future | 10/1/1976 | See Source »

...bill will also change work study programs and basic education opportunity grants, but these provisions depend on how much money Congress appropriates under the bill, Gibson said...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: House to Pass New Loan Bill For Students | 9/30/1976 | See Source »

...brought up Government spending and a balanced budget. Terrell Swimer, a restaurant owner in St. Augustine, Fla., thought that a Republican President could "cut out some of that spending -we'll never get out of debt." Fewer than one out of ten panelists said their votes would depend on issues such as the candidates' positions on abortion, amnesty for draft dodgers and welfare reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME CITIZENS' PANEL: So Far, a Personality Test | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

...Cambridge-based improvisational performing troupe. Emerson remained with The Proposition for 15 months, rising, due to a heavy turnover rate, from low man on the totem pole to senior member of the resident company. He lived in Cambridge, but says that he was very conscious of wanting not to depend on Harvard for his social life. "I had a lot of free time, spent a lot of time reading, and a lot of time alone. I probably suffered socially from being slightly out of context--none of the other actors were in school, all were older, and it was clear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grades, campaigns and other reasons | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

...other cities under desegregation to busing, but he neglected to ask the suburban refugees to itemize the reasons why they fled. Lee Valenti and others in Boston's neighborhoods spell out many more than one reason, and assert they have "wised up" to realize that they cannot even depend on the well-intending folks who have escaped--that those of them who cannot move out must take business into their owns hands and hopefully, someday, do it together...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Not quite the same old song | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

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