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Other abuses of power range from bribetaking in order to help people get exit visas for Hong Kong to falsifying university exam scores. One of the most common abuses among officials is influence peddling to obtain favors for their children. As a modern-day Chinese proverb has it: "The 10...
The Forum has put the K-School in the headlines and on the map. President Carter took such a shellacking from some of his competitors, who criticized his affection for the White House rose garden from behind the Forum's simple wooden podium, that presidential press secretary Jody Powell complained...
It was his kind of event. A hall packed with politicians, Democrats for the most part, of course. Near nonstop oratory from 35 speakers. His beloved Muriel caught in the glow of spotlights and spontaneous affection. But Hubert H. Humphrey is gone: the Worcester, Mass., tribute last week was a...
Despite certain obvious contrivances, Mecca is a richly entertaining and captivating drama. Whitehead does not believe in low-profile characterization. Whether spiky or spicy, each of his people, including the Arab resort manager (Arnaldo Santana), has a clear personality. They may not elicit affection, but what they choose to do...
Europe as the seducer of American innocence is a theme that has played well at all levels of U.S. fiction, from Hawthorne's The Marble Faun to Erich Segal's latest love story, Man, Woman and Child. As usual, Segal's principal characters are bright, attractive and...