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...counterattack by Labor's moderate loyalists is unlikely to halt the momentum toward a new political alignment. Labor's right wing has been increasingly unhappy for some time, and, led by the popular Williams, the dissident Social Democrats could eventually attract a wide range of voters. That would seriously disrupt the country's two-party system. Said Brian Walden, a respected TV commentator and former Labor M.P.: "Nothing will ever be the same again in British politics." -By Jay D. Palmer, Reported by Bonnie Angela/London
...emptive strike: Kennecott was going to take over Curtiss-Wright. Said one Wall Street source: "The apple had bitten the worm." The copper company offered Curtiss-Wright owners $40 a share for their stock, nearly twice the then prevailing rate. Curtiss-Wright promptly went to court to halt the takeover attempt, but the court ruled that Barrow could go ahead with his move...
...dissent paper didn't go away. True, concientious capital reporters, wary of its mysterious origins, mentioned the document's appearance only once, but the report's authors had guaranteed its longevity by sending it to those organizations who would revel in its conclusions--among them that the United States halt aid to the junta of Jose Napolean Duarte and consider aiding the leftist guerrillas. If the government was going to quietly wish the report farewell, church and human rights groups had a very different idea. Before long, they were xeroxing the document, advertising it, releasing press reports on it, passing...
...leftist insurgency and counterviolence from the right. Last week the Administration suspended economic aid to the leftist government in Nicaragua because it was supplying arms to the guerrillas in El Salvador. Soon Reagan must make up his mind about resuming military assistance to Guatemala, which came to a halt under the Carter Administration after alleged human rights violations. During the campaign, in fact, Reagan criticized Carter's rights policy for often hurting friends of the U.S. and helping its enemies...
...Iran." Two weeks ago, TASS reported that the U.S. was getting ready to invade Iran from bases in Egypt, Pakistan or Oman. The fabricated report was thought to be an attempt to scuttle the negotiations. Secretary of State Edmund Muskie summoned Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin and demanded a halt to the "scurrilous propaganda." Dobrynin appeared embarrassed, but TASS responded by warning of a "new anti-Soviet campaign...