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...barbers, plumbers, secretaries, housewives and ordinary workers in all walks of life in Spain (and the world over) who are members of Opus Dei and far outnumber the owners of banks, insurance companies and industrial plants, I should also protest the picture of Opus Dei as a conservative, status-quo oriented organization...
Packed Politburo. In essence, the 24th Congress endorsed the leadership's present policies, which represented primarily a triumph of the status quo, or of "monolithic unity," as Pravda put it. It empowered Brezhnev to "cleanse" the party by expelling members, a device that would enable him to favor his backers. All present Politburo members retained their seats, but their order of seniority was changed, except for Brezhnev and Party Ideologue Mikhail Suslov, who remained No. 4. Dmitry Poliansky (TIME cover, March 29) rose from ninth to eighth position behind Kirill Mazurov, who advanced one step to No. 7. Gennady...
...also could route Alaskan oil to the Midwest by building a pipeline through Canada's Mackenzie River valley (TIME, March 29). This would encourage exploitation of Canadian oilfields that lie along the route. As a quid pro quo, the U.S. would have to make some guarantee to divert Venezuelan or domestically produced oil to Eastern Canada if Arab nations shut off Mideast oil. Eastern Canada is not connected by pipeline to the oilfields in the Canadian West and the Arctic, but buys Mideast crude because it is cheaper...
Handing over its assumed responsibility for Southeast Asia to Japan may be on Washington's agenda, but it is highly unlikely this will be anything more than a gradual readjustment designed not to endanger the counter-revolutionary status quo in Southeast Asia. Growing American investments in Southeast Asia oil bear this...
China's position on the status quo in Southeast Asia is well-know. However, her position on offshore oil in Southeast Asia is a question-mark...