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Show T Monday, January 13, 1992 The Daily Utah Chronicle Page Three Former Soviet Union creates new, World Briefs uncertain lessons, professors say By Rick Best Associated Press Chronicle Staff Writer the former Soviet Union still changing rapidly, the only stable focus for teachers is the instability in the region, a University of Utah With If f -- v"", ra ! Big WASHINGTON-Th- e editorial cartoon depicts a huge, hulking football player with "Detroit" emblazoned on his jersey. "No fair! He keeps hitting me!" he whines to the referee, a George Bush look alike. The big guy points toward an undersized but trim player wearing a "Japan" jersey who scampers across the goal line, triumphantly waving the ball. It's typical of the ridicule heaped upon the chairmen of the Big Three U.S. automakers by the Japanese media during their visit last week. Except that this particular dart wasn't thrown by the Japanese. It was the work of a Chicago Tribune cartoonist. It underscores a big problem for the U.S. auto industry and its congressional allies in their struggle to knock down Japanese trade barriers and stave off further Japanese gains in the American auto market. systems in the world," Slava Lubomudrov, U. political science professor, said. Specialists focused on the Communist Party, the military and the lack of dissent, he said. "Now scholars must deal with change and uncertainty as the basis of their studies," Lubomudrov said. This causes great anxiety, since nobody he The failed coup of August 1991 underlined the unpredictability of the situation. "What would I have done if I had a ticket to Moscow on the 19th of August?" he said. Yet nobody foresaw the result of the coup being the complete demise of the Communist Party, he added. The independence of the various republics does not guarantee democracy, Lubomudrov said. "There is the possibility of totalitarian regimes in the republics," he said. Although there are similarities between the current situation and the situation in 1917, there are also many differences, he said. "There is a very educated urban population that did not exist in 1917," he said, and added that even the rural population is now mostly literate. "There also exists a greater variety of leaders," he said. "If Yeltsin were to lose favor, there would be plenty of qualified, experienced people to step into his position," he added. A crucial point in the August coup was the split in the military, Lubomudrov said. "Rather than follow their commanders, elements pledged allegiance to parliament," he said. Previous opinions of the military held it to be monolithic, he said. There is still a long struggle ahead for the former republics. "Central Asia poses a problem for the Russians and for the Americans," he said. Under old Soviet policy, republics were denied an identity and were dominated by the Russian Republic. "Because of this Russian domination, few were aware that the Central Asian Republics had their own languages," he said. non-Slav- ic The Americans haven't convinced enough of their fellow citizens, let alone the Japanese, that their grievances are Slava Lubomudrov "There will be a need for Americans to learn these languages in the future,". "A big problem is what to do with the military," Gene Fitzgerald, chair of the department of languages and literature, said. "One bone of contention is the Black Sea Fleet," he said. Both Russia and the Ukraine feel that it belongs to them, he added. The massive stockpile of nuclear weapons is also causing conflict, Fitzgerald said. "Ukraine and Kazakhstan are both reluctant to part Russians will have to work something out on their own, and it will probably be a mixture of socialism and capitalism." he said. The Americans aren't helping by trying to force their understanding of capitalism onto the Russians, he added. "We should provide support, but let them determine how to meet their needs," Fitzgerald said. A recent seminar conducted by Harvard in Russia is a good example of what not to do, he said. "They discussed the of problems small American with their nuclear weapons because they provide a means to influence the Russian Republic," he said. The nuclear problem poses no threat to the West, Fitzgerald said. "The republics are more concerned with countering Russian influence," he said. Russian Republic president Boris Yeltsin is another enigma, Fitzgerald said. "I see Yeltsin as a modified Slavophile with tinges of Westernism, while Gorbachev was the opposite," he said. "There seems to be a Great Russian bias in Yeltsin." The Russians are also having to re"With evaluate their own businesses, but the discussions had no relevance to the problems being faced by the Russians," he said. "I am optimistic and hopeful," the collapse of all the unifying problems, rather than fighting among self-imag- e. systems, like the Party, nationalistic feelings are emerging as the new source of unity," he said. The future of the economy is also nebulous, Fitzgerald said. "The Nina Boguslavsky, U. Russian professor, said. However, the change to a more market-oriente- d economy will not be easy, she said. "Pain cannot be avoided if reconstruction is to be carried out in a democratic manner," she added. "Gorbachev engaged in when the old system was half-measure- s, just getting deeper into trouble," Boguslavsky said. The problems will be solved if the republics focus on their internal each other, she said. "Georgia, for example, had a huge underground economy, making textiles, clothes and is other products, so the know-how there." legitimate. Japanese car sales in the United States have risen steadily for decades and they now claim about 33 percent of the U.S. market. The Big Three's share has fallen from 100 percent in the mid-50- s to around 60 percent today. The Big Three grudgingly acknowledge their quality fell in the 1970s and early 1980s and the Japanese took advantage of it. But analysts agree that U.S. quality has improved. Buyers have been slow to respond. "If you bought a clunker six years ago, the product today may be terrific but your impression of what they're doing is based on a experience," said Clyde Prestowitz, president of the Economic Strategy Institute, a research group partially funded by the automakers. six-year-o- ld Utah legislators push 13 of 91 measures into law WASHINGTON-Midwathrough the 102nd Congress, Utah's delegation is averaging passage of slightly more than one bill in every 10 introduced. So far, retiring Sen. Jake Garn, is leading the five lawmakers by pushing through six of 20 measures he has filed. The statistics were reported in a copyright story in Sunday's Deseret News. The delegation has a year left to pass legislation, and generally most bills pass during the session's last frantic days. At the other end of the spectrum from Garn is freshman Rep. Bill Orton, who has yet to intriduce a bill, although he he to this says year. He is one of 13 of Congress' 530 plans members who have not introduced legislation. has Among other Utah members, Sen. Orrin Hatch, has passed 4 passed two of 30 bills; Rep. Wayne Owens, of 31, and Rep. Jim Hansen, has passed one of ten. In all, the delegation has successfully pushed through 13 of 91 measures introduced. Among Them: y h, h, -- You as well? don't have to. Abacus Concepts has been designing easy to use, yet powerful Macintosh statistical software Macintosh, including the new Classic, LC, and Ilsi With StatView Student, you can do things like complete descriptive statistics, regression, 11 'Ml ' since 1984. In fact, our StatView line has won the Macworld World Class Award for Best Statistics Software four times. 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But division director Barbara Thompson anticipates the trend will continue when statistics for 1991 are compiled next month. "There isn't any one, pat reason why abuse continues to increase," she said. However, a few things can be taken into account. Utah's growing population, financial stress arid increased public awareness and reporting can partially account for the jump, she said. Darlene Hutchison, who heads the division's Child Abuse and Neglect Advisory Council, said the problem is cyclical. "It's a generational thing. It does perpetuate itself," she said. "Children who have been abused tend to repeat the pattern. That's why it's so important to have a child abuse curriculum in the schools and help them change." Hutchison, wno works at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints' community affairs office, believes society is growing more violent. "Kids are worse off than their parents were," she said, pointing to an increase in child neglect. 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