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Among the most valuable national resources of the kingdom of Thailand are its innumerable statues of Buddha; foreign collectors dote on them. A major source of Buddhas is pillage. Every Thai jungle is dotted with temples that are lined with stone Buddhas; robbers knock off the heads-which are the most highly prized parts of the statues-and smuggle them to Bangkok, where the government tolerantly permitted many of them to be exported. Only last month the Bangkok police launched a giant raid on the city's antique shops that showed how far things have gone: 3,500 stolen...
...Legislature has mulishly blocked general reform. It must pass constitutional amendments in two consecutive sessions; when several years ago it passed an amendment giving the governor a four-year term, it proceeded to knock it down in the next session. Many of the possible changes are, indeed, very much against the interest of the legislators and their friends. And political interest aside, the side and turmoil of the Legislature rule it out as the proper place to make a thoughtful and comprehensive revision of the state's basic structure...
...wants is to be an actor, and he vows he will yet conquer Broadway. "My insecurity goes on and on and on," he says. "If 5,000 people were laughing and one didn't like me, it would bother me. And I can't relax. If I knock off, I think the world is rolling on and I'm not in it. I feel guilty...
...complex and changing world, he argues, it is not enough to think about problems and challenges as they arise. "We are going to have to aim at the future," he says, "if we expect to come on target in the present. Otherwise, our problems fly by and we just knock off a few tail feathers...
...late-at-night knock on the door supposedly has disappeared in Russia. But who can be sure? Hearing the knocks, householders admitted grim-faced men flashing badges and search warrants. In Moscow the family of one Nina Ivanovna was brusquely told that Nina had been arrested at her job as manager of a state-owned secondhand store. The callers demanded all of Nina's valuables, and her terrified mother handed over a bag containing some 250,000 rubles in cash and government bonds. Fur-Cutter Aleksei Aleksandrov caved in at the sight of the dreaded secret police and surrendered...