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...parliament feel their country has done quite enough already. But Crumley guesses that despite some inevitable opposition, the fund will "have to pass" in one form or another. "There's just too much anxiety among the Swiss at seeing their image as a "neutral" nation going right out the window," he said. "Investigations are turning up more and more evidence of collusion, even conspiracy, reaching an uncomfortably high level in Swiss society." To expectant Jewish and international groups, those fears should be worth a fund...
...sorrows at this time were the death of Deng's younger brother, driven to suicide by Red Guards, and the crippling of their son Deng Pufang. A promising student of physics at Peking University, Pufang was hounded by radicals until he fell--or was pushed--from a fourth-story window. His spine was fractured, leaving him a paraplegic...
...economic reform was being introduced in the big cities, so much so that Old Guard Marxists began to decry the "spiritual pollution" of cosmetics and discotheques. But Deng persisted, likening the effect to mere "flies that come through an open window." By the late '80s, however, economic liberalization had spilled uncontrollably into political yearnings; soon labor unrest and student demonstrations for greater freedom panicked Deng. He sacked his popular heir apparent, party chief Hu Yaobang, for pushing political reforms. By this time the only title Deng held was honorary chairman of the Chinese Bridge Association (he had refused all high...
...course, numbers are, admittedly, only numbers. Flashing a set of fancy data has never accomplished anything. But percentages can give us a window into the beliefs of the electorate. According to this poll, it appears that Americans are reluctant to impose their morals on the great public. Despite their individual misgivings about abortion, they would rather allow each woman to make that choice on her own. Gone are the days of Prohibition, when a vocal group of activists were able to impose their morality upon the rest of the nation...
...class lacks a single good section leader or that the head TF will not accept as a conflict your standing 3 p.m. nap). Trying unsuccessfully to change sections can make you feel as if you are trapped in a cage, helplessly watching the tuition dollars fly out the window...