Word: extention
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Accommodation is an enigmatic term. Despite Afghanistan and the current argument over medium-range missiles, most Europeans genuinely want East-West detente, not a revival of the cold war. To this end, they will understandably pursue trade, cultural exchanges and diplomatic dialogues. But to the extent that accommodation means a series of small settlements on Soviet terms, the Europeans acquire a new kind of uneasiness. "Which is better?" asks Hamburg Publisher Gerd Bucerius. "To be allied with a mistake-prone America or to find oneself confronted by the Soviets without any alliance." To Bucerius, and he is far from alone...
...chance this week. The extent to which he is successful may determine if he gets another term. Watching Jimmy Carter in the Roman Colosseum-eyes distant, mind centuries back-one could only hope that the lessons of both grandeur and disintegration spread at his feet would inspire the President. He was still in his cordovans as he walked through the Forum the day before he went to Venice. But there were some things different about...
...have harsher conflicts than total strangers. At the outset, America defined itself against Europe (a fact neatly re- versed in Henry Kissinger's latter-day complaint that Europe seems to be able to unite only against Amer-ica). The U.S. saw itself-and to a great extent still sees itself-as a new beginning in history. Liberal, enlightened Europe used to share that view. Goethe wrote...
...Leader Robert Mugabe. Whether Mugabe will succeed in taming his wilder horses and making true his first promises of reasonable policies toward whites and other systems will have a considerable influence on us. If he cannot control his more extreme collaborators, then obviously there will be serious problems. The extent to which he might associate himself with dissident movements trying to subvert the South African government, either from outside or inside, is going to be of very great importance. But it would obviously be unwise and foolish of South Africa to sponsor a subversive action against Mugabe. This [type...
...narcotics rings have been able to operate at will. Thus the habit that was once peculiar to Iran's upper classes, and gripped members of the Shah's own family, has filtered down through Iranian society. Says a high school teacher in Tehran, appalled at the extent of addiction among his students: "Heroin and opium were the only commodities that became inexpensive and plentiful after the revolution...