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...problem, in both cases, is the same. Economic reform, though beneficial in the long run, requires sacrifice in the short run. Although the Soviet Union is not yet a democracy, its leaders must nevertheless fear the consequences of popular wrath. One school of thought holds that for this reason the best route to reform is based on the dictatorship model of Chile and Singapore: bring capitalism, and hope democracy will follow. But most skeptics about aid to the Soviet Union want democracy simultaneously or even as a precondition. The pious hope that democracy can ease and legitimate sacrifice...
...officials think King Hussein badly wants to take part in the talks, in part to get back in Washington's good graces after leaning toward Saddam in the war. But last week the King refused to accept Baker's proposal for a parley for fear of incurring Assad's wrath. Asked whether he would attend a peace conference without Syria present, he replied, "I haven't said that." Would he attend if Syria did too? "I haven't said that, either...
British governments are not exactly unaccustomed to the consequences of despised tax policies. A levy on tea, after all, helped spark the American Revolution. Last week, to save itself from the voters' wrath, the government of Prime Minister John Major unveiled its alternative to the deeply hated poll tax, the flat-fee assessment that Margaret Thatcher instituted last year to replace property taxes as the means of financing local governments...
...Sources," the journalist's staple, are not much help either in piecing together Kelley's life. They fall into two categories: praise from admiring friends and unkind remarks from a larger number of uneasy people, most of whom insist on anonymity, often because they fear Kelley's wrath. In Washington, where gossip is never in deficit, Kitty Kelley, 49, commands clout. She could write a book. About...
THROUGH THE NRA's eyes, the Second Amendment translates into the right of civilians to acquire Uzis and AK-47s, which can release 30 rounds within seconds and have no legitimate hunting purpose whatsoever. The result has been case upon case inwhich the wrath of a lunatic has led to the death of scores of innocent civilians, many of whom would have been alive today if their assailants had been limited to an ordinary revolver...