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...become established economically and socially. They began to look out more for their personal interests. Shorris says, and these tended toward salaries and summer homes. Next: the small step into politically conservative circles. Encouraging the trend was the widely held belief that a conservative like Reagan would be a loyal supporter of Israel. That's the whole story as far as Shorris is concerned...
Garry Essendine (Scott) is a middle-aging matinee idol whose warmest admirer is never more than a mirror away. Every big wheel has spokes, and Garry's entourage is loyal. His ex-wife (Elizabeth Hubbard) is a kind of high-fashion Candi da, and his primly efficient Girl Friday (Dana Ivey) is a slave driver's jewel. His manager (Richard Woods) and producer (Edward Conery) round out the protective cordon...
Asian societies have adapted better to inflation, partly because their people have been less rigid in their expectations. Japanese workers, for example, who are fiercely loyal to their firms, are willing to accept pay cuts during hard times. Says Samuel Brittan, a leading British economist: "The one part of the world in which there is real wage flexibility is Southeast Asia...
...role in the economy. His economic policies, which poured resources into highly protected, inefficient, state-directed enterprises, depleted Argentina's treasury as the country devoured its foreign exchange earnings from agriculture. In 1955 the military ousted him. Peron eventually settled in Madrid, but he remained in touch with loyal followers back home, encouraging both the right and the left to think that he espoused their goals. In 1973, amid a rising wave of terrorism, the Argentine military returned the country to civilian rule. Within a month, Perón returned to live in Argentina and was re-elected President...
After two years of spasmodic fighting, the climax to Chad's civil war came last week with surprising speed. Some 2,000 shock troops loyal to former Defense Minister Hissene Habre, 39, advanced from north and east on the dusty capital of N'Djamena. When the rebels appeared, the armies of President Goukouni Oueddei beat a confused retreat. Stranded, with only a few loyal soldiers left, Goukouni fled ignominiously into exile by boarding a canoe to cross the Chari River into Cameroon. By sundown, the three-year reign of Goukouni was over and Habre, who received support from...