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Husak retained his seat on the eleven-member ruling Politburo, as well as the largely ceremonial job of President -- perquisites that would probably not have been accorded to a leader who, like his predecessor Alexander Dubcek, had been forced from office. Though Husak publicly gave no reason for bowing out, he is known to be suffering from failing eyesight. He may also have wanted to be out of the limelight during the approaching 20th anniversary of Dubcek's fabled Prague Spring, the months of flowering economic and political reform that preceded, and precipitated, the invasion. Worldwide recollections of that exciting...
Beyond the immediate problem of keeping order, no one in Israel's divided leadership seems to envision any long-term solution for the occupied territories. Yitzhak Shamir, the Likud bloc leader who succeeded Labor's Shimon Peres as Prime Minister last year, is much less willing than his predecessor to negotiate a settlement. With no prospect of political talks, the people of Gaza and the West Bank are falling under the sway of Islamic fundamentalism. In Gaza last week the mosques helped fan the unrest among embittered young men no longer afraid of becoming martyrs...
...place to service its Pacific Rim clients interested in California investments. "My instinct was to go to San Francisco," says Hong Kong-based T.M. Deford, director of the brokerage's Asia Pacific regional office. "But our study showed that the money was going to Los Angeles." Says Agnos' predecessor, Dianne Feinstein, with a bit of resignation: "Los Angeles has 15 million people. We have six million...
...There's every reason to believe we're going to keep the trophy at Harvard for a long time," added Peterson, who as a first year starter was first or second in several defensive categories. "I hope to carry on the championship tradition of my predecessor, Kevin Dulsky...
...feel very sorry for Doug Ginsburg and hisfamily," said Tribe, a strong opponent of JudgeRobert H. Bork, Ginsburg's predecessor to replaceretired Justice Lewis F. Powell. "What hashappened reflects far more badly on the ReaganAdministration than on Judge Ginsburg...