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...Martin Van Buren. Landers was miffed, to say the least. The sisters hardly spoke for several years. Coos Abby now: "We're so close." Admits a candid Landers: "If anyone had written to me with the problem, I would have said 'Forgive and forget.' " Despite the rift, both columnists flourished, piling up readers on five continents, giving opinions on everything from Thai singles bars to the efficacy of witch doctors. "It could be that the medicine man really did help you," Landers advised one South African correspondent...
...shifting policies and that old foreign devil, instant gratification. The author has been observing China ever since he was graduated from the Harvard-Yenching Institute in the late '50s. He made his first trip to the mainland in 1975 and knew pretty much what to expect. The rift in Sino-Soviet relations and memories of America's recent war in Southeast Asia had deepened China's traditional sense of isolation and natural mistrust of outsiders. Although he gorged on statistics and toasts to peace and friendship, Schell felt as if he were part of an experiment...
...result of the growing rift between the PRC and the Soviet Union, the Chinese have begun to view the U.S. more favorably. "People don't see the U.S. as capitalist pigs anymore," Bing says. "Aside from what they did in supporting Chiang (Kai-shek), the former leader of Taiwan) and Vietnam, the U.S. is seen as the counterbalance of the Soviet Union." He adds that "There's no hard feeling involved" between the U.S. and China, saying many Chinese see America as "a friend who can help in the improvement of our technology...
...only takes a second. Suddenly there is violence. It stems from what seems a minor rift over the purchase of groceries, but suddenly there is an axe about. It isn't any overt oppressive act, but it sends Jimmie Blacksmith into a rage. He declares war. Suddenly one realizes that under the surface incredibly strong currents were running silently. Jimmie Blacksmith takes an axe to seven women and children. In one of the most terrifying scenes of murder on film, axes slowly travel through the air. One is caught completely by surprise at the horror of it, the incongruous meeting...
...survey pinpoints one group of voters still posing a considerable problem for Carter: the former followers of Senator Edward Kennedy. Despite the efforts at the Democratic National Convention to patch up the party's deep rift and Kennedy's later pledges of support for Carter, the Senator's followers now split three ways on what they intend to do: 39% say they will back Carter; 28% prefer Anderson; a surprising 22% are disaffected that they say they will ump over the wall and vote for Reagan. That degree of party defection could cripple the Carter candidacy...