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...years ago, being considerably brighter of eye and bushier of tail, I was enrolled in a research workshop which was supposed to be about comparative politics but which soon came to be known as "Tenure: The History of Desire" since a significant portion of class discussion was inevitably devoted to a discussion of tenure and the formulation of various strategies for achieving desired outcomes...
...from 157% to less than 10% by last year. By 1989 the gross domestic product was growing again in per capita terms. A debt-reduction agreement the next year started foreign money flowing back in, especially from the U.S. With the passage of NAFTA, which made Mexico's prospects brighter still, the money continued to pour...
...Haiti today is a far better place facing a far brighter future than any it has seen in decades. Ships from U.S. ports arrive daily, and airplanes disgorge businessmen, missionaries and a small army of development experts $ who, it is hoped, will eventually disburse more than some $645 million in financial aid from international lenders. The capital's sidewalks are bristling with vendors. Mango growers have sold $600,000 worth of fruit abroad, and orange peels destined to flavor Grand Marnier are again drying in the midday...
...Harvard International Office, however, is helping to make Thanksgiving a little brighter for foreign students by pairing them with local families, Director Seamus P. Malin said yesterday...
...undiminished economic anxiety of the large working class. Overall the economy seemed to be doing fine, but most voters still felt the recession was unbroken in their area. A large number, 58% in a recent TIME/CNN poll, said they did not feel better off as a result of the brighter economic picture. America may be No. 1 again in productivity, but the middle-class workers who made it so have seen many of their colleagues laid off, have been forced in some cases to settle for temporary jobs and in general have suffered an actual decline in disposable income...