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...ever more ominous phase. As the 40th anniversary of the A-bomb explosion over Hiroshima approaches, the world has special reason to view what is happening with trepidation, at the very least. On the Asian subcontinent, in the Middle East, in southern Africa and, to a lesser degree, in South America, a number of countries have acquired or are in the process of acquiring the capacity to build atomic weapons. At the same time, the fragile international system of self-restraint that the world has built around its most deadly Pandora's box of technology, a system that has worked...
...Eastern Europe, most V-E celebrations honored the victorious Red Army while acknowledging a lesser contribution from Western forces. Czechoslovakia emulated the Soviets with a large military parade. In Poland, traffic was halted briefly in Warsaw for a memorial ceremony...
Harvard's own racist history speaks for itself. It was only five years ago that President Bok's special assistant. Robert Klitgaard (formerly at the Kennedy School), suggested in a private report that Black and other minorities attend "lesser" institutions to perhaps experience a "greater overall feeling of perceived equality." Blacks and other minorities still face repression from campus cops, who arrest anyone, who doesn't "look like a Harvard student." Presumably, that means white male upper class preppies...
...have taken a major step in the gradual switch to a new generation. The People's Daily reported last week that nearly 1,000 "young and dependable cadres" had been selected as reserve leaders at provincial and ministerial levels and more than 10,000 others had been chosen for lesser positions in prefectures, cities and other government departments...
...Tuesday-evening rush hour in central Moscow dragged on interminably, a sure sign that something important was happening. As usual, the streets around the Krem- lin were blocked off, allowing black limousines to emerge from the Borovitsky Gate and speed away unhindered. Normally, that ritual ties up lesser motorists for only a few extra minutes; on this occasion, the tangle lasted much longer. The reason: the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, more than 300 members strong, had just concluded its first plenary session under the leadership of General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, 54. The outcome of the meeting, held behind...