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...world aware of the country's problems [Sept. 17]. As good as your article was, there is no way to fully describe to the world the difficult circumstances under which the average Burmese citizen lives. I lived in Rangoon with my family in the late '70s and early '80s, so I know how bad the situation was then, and I realize it has gotten much worse since. Even though we left Burma almost 25 years ago, our hearts are still there. Sally Nance, Franklin, Tennessee
...reaching higher to bring their customers all things unattainable, Hall points to the one commodity everyone finds out of reach. "Time," says Hall, who in the '80s built out of nearly nothing what became the store's thriving leisure department. To that end, she has overseen a technology overhaul that will provide sales associates with daily alerts about the lives of their customers, whose numbers rank in archived thousands. Anniversary coming up? The associate knows to call the husband and what gifts to suggest for his wife. Thanks to this kind of signature service, Neiman's associates become, to many...
...late 80s, Holy Cross had a great streak going, but since the 90s, Harvard has really dominated that series,” Gilmore said. “It’s been a great stretch for Harvard, but we’re hoping to get that turned around this year at Holy Cross...
...Fact is, TIFF's rise to prominence over the past three decades hasn't been accompanied by an emergence of Canada as an important national cinema. This country of 33 million has left less of an artistic footprint than, say, Hong Kong (6 million population) in the 80s or Sweden (4 million) in the Ingmar Bergman years. The provinces have produced a few notable directors - David Cronenberg and Atom Egoyan from Ontario, Denys Arcand from Quebec, Guy Maddin from Manitoba - but their careers date back to the 60s, 70s or 80s. Other Canadians, like directors Norman Jewison and Paul Haggis...
Nicaragua, the Central American nation noted for its connection to Iran during a political scandal two decades ago, is coming under fresh scrutiny for its ties to Tehran. Back in the '80s, Oliver North and members of the Reagan Administration found themselves embroiled in controversy for selling arms to Iran and illegally funneling the profits to the anti-Communist rebels known as the contras, who were fighting the regime of Daniel Ortega. Now Ortega is once again President of Nicaragua - and apparently forging new ties with Tehran...