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...overnight. And perhaps, as what many consider an unhealthy level of competition during reading and exam period here illustrates, it is beyond the power of regulations to change. As long as we continue to sanction violent behavior in our public schools. We can express no surprise that citizens they breed will respond in kind...
...contrarian. To a good contrarian, Amhoist's expected profits in 1984 will still be meager enough to make it an out-of-season bargain, like snow tires in July. The fact that few other investors are attracted to it is all to the good. Contrarians are a stubborn breed who relentlessly resist the natural human tendency to run with the pack, and Amhoist is just the kind of stock they thrive on. Or hope...
This point does not seem to need belaboring, yet the eight novels that Golding wrote after Lord of the Flies relentlessly do so, in frequently venturesome ways. Neanderthals are exterminated by a rapacious new breed of creatures called Homo sapiens (The Inheritors); a shipwrecked survivor clings to a rock in the Atlantic Ocean, wondering (along with the reader) whether he is alive or dead and recalling his wickedness on dry land (Pincher Martin); a towering religious structure is erected on a foundation of slime (The Spire...
WHAT REAL GOOD could such a board-based organization actually do? At the very least, Friends could provide moral support for flagging schools. Unlike the pom-pom breed, though, Friends could ideally provide concrete aid to the entire school: academics, athletics, and other activities. More tangibly, Friends would contribute to South Plantation High in several crucial areas: hiking funding, improving teacher quality, and increasing teacher compensation...
Bankers are by nature a conservative breed, and their apparent sway over the IMF seems to be part of a lackluster plan to cut their losses and then get out of the Third World for good. With the potential for real growth still as large as it over was--and the need for it still to pressing--the IMF needs to remain an advocate for the ability of Northern assistance to spur worldwide development. With patience and persuasion it must silence the North's banking interests and rethink what appears to be a mindless swing towards conservatism. Then Third World...