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...watching bears torn to pieces...
...urge liberalization of the Franco regime; it is something else again to expect that regime to tolerate terrorists. Spanish officials were dismayed at the outcry. They note that while Spain has had eight executions since 1960, France has had ten (admittedly nonpolitical) since 1964. The Madrid government is torn between its desire to win European respectability and its response to public opinion at home, which runs strongly against political terrorism. Says a highly placed aide in the Spanish Cabinet: "It is a dilemma of conscience. The man in the street, your cook, your taxi driver, is very happy...
Even if Timilty is not victorious in the mayoral race, he may put a crimp in White's plans for 1975. A landslide victory by the mayor in a city torn by racial strife would considerably improve his chances of realizing his national political aspirations. Kevin White, a near vice-presidential nominee in 1972, recognizes the value of such a victory; but a determined Joe Timilty may keep it beyond his grasp...
...still the majority party of the working class, torn by tensions ignored in the American press between radicals faithful to the party's Marxist program and conservatives. The party's rightward tilt is unmistakable, exemplified by its July decision to resign from the Goncalves cabinet over workers' seizures of Republica, the party's newspaper, and Renascenza, the Church's radio station. While the PSP and the liberal press characterized the seizures as Communist plots to suppress "free speech", few involved workers--only two at Republica--were Communist Party (PCP) members...
...Atlanta Defensive End Claude Humphrey, out for the season with torn knee ligaments...