Polish Bailout Split Over Risk and Default Call
Archbishop Glemp presses for release of arrested Solidarity women as Poland faces martial law strain. financier Rohatyn urges default to force creditor leverage, linking economic and political action with the Soviet bloc to rebalance East West relations.
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Jozef Glemp
Warsaw
Solidarity
Poland
Felix G. Rohatyn
Rohatyn
New York City
Wall Street Journal
Soviet Union
Eastern
Europe
Soviet Bloc
Afghanistan
West
Moscow
Reagan
Thought For Today Quote by W Somerset Maugham
A reflective quote attributes a sly maxim on life to W Somerset Maugham. It notes that refusing to settle for less often leads to obtaining the best.
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W. Somerset Maugham
Upward And Onward In Space And Marathon Progress
The editorial notes NASA’s new appeal for shuttle missions with Sally Ride set to fly on the Challenger as a 1983 milestone. It highlights women’s strides in endurance events as a sign of tougher female athletes, citing Boston Marathon feats and a prediction of Olympic inclusion in 1984.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Sally Ride
Ride
Valentina Tereshkova
NASA
Eileen Claugus
Ms. Claugus
U.S
The
Sacramento Union
Brezhnev Era Seen Slipping Toward Its Final Days
Western reports say Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev, 75, is ill and near retirement. Observers note no clear system for power transfer, with potential successors including Konstantin Chernenko, Andropov, Kirilenko, Ustinov, and others while Kremlin intrigue and a public display of mourning fuel speculation.
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Washington
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kremlin
Leonid Brezhnev
Newsweek
Brezhnev
Moscow
Nikolai Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Konstantin A. Chernenko
Central Committee
Chernenko
Andrei P. Kiril
Split public schools proposal echoes past debates
Ashley Cooper advocates behavioral based school separation with strict codes for some families and permissive options for others. He compares modern drug issues to Prohibition era liquor rings, warns of corruption in law enforcement, and urges vigilance against dope profiteering and gangster style crime. He recalls University of Michigan experiences with bootleggers and risky youth culture.
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Hard Work High
Idlewild Institute
The Hangers-In-There Face Population Pressures
In this essay Jenkin Lloyd Jones argues that longer lifespans skew demographics and strain resources. He notes falling death rates, rapid population growth in developing nations, and aging trends in advanced nations. He cites Chad and El Salvador as examples and warns about immigration, public health, and Social Security pressures.
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Doran
America
United States
U.S
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Jerry F. Hough
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Ashley Cooper
By Ashley Cooper
Coast Guard
University of Michigan
Feds
Ann Arbor
Batman
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Chad
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Japan
Mexico
Arizona
Sonora
el Salvador
United Nations
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