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Little Edgar is a witness to the nation's possibilities. He has been to the 1939-40 World's Fair, with its models of superhighways, bullet-shaped automobiles, electrical appliances and television, or "picture radio." He has, in fact, been there twice. The first time he accompanied a friend whose mother worked with Oscar the Amorous Octopus, a titillating sideshow at the amusement park. He returned on a family pass that he had won for his fawning entry in a typical-American-boy contest. The essay is heavy with irony. It also introduces a writer who knows what it takes...
...again on the road to the town of Acayucán and eventually used up their ammunition. A day later the bodies of the 17 officers were discovered lying along the banks of the Coachapa River by a helicopter pilot. Some had been tortured. Most had been executed with a bullet in the head. Observed Vicente López Estrada, head of the Veracruz state judicial police: "The drug traffickers are well armed...
Charles Krauthammer's article "In Search of the Silver Bullet" [ESSAY, Nov. 4] puts science into perspective. No new theory and no technology will extinguish the tendency in man to kill members of his own species. Evil is as permanent as the sun and the stars. When we figure out what causes the sun and the stars, maybe then we can tackle the question of good and evil. Justin L. Panson State College...
...compromise was imposed without their agreement. Said Paisley: "We left her in no doubt that if we don't have a democratic system, the politicians will be swept aside and other people not interested in politics will take over. Let the ballot speak before the bomb and bullet speak." For the moment, Unionist politicians ruled out disruptive street demonstrations and strikes because they were fearful of causing further damage to the province's already ailing economy, with its 21.8% unemployment rate. But they did schedule a mass rally in Belfast for this weekend, and one extremist faction, the Ulster Freedom...
...former comrade and dismissed him from his army post. Last month presidential elections were held; despite widespread reports of voting fraud, Doe imperiously declared himself the winner. At week's end the President announced that Quiwonkpa had been spotted near the radio station and shot dead. Quiwonkpa's bullet-riddled body was displayed at the army barracks where he once had an office. NICARAGUA Beyond the Diplomatic Pale...