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Opponents cite three flaws in the plan. First, they say, it drives up prices for other potential home owners by allowing Harvard professors to spend more. "It seems only logical--the higher these prices go, the higher other prices will go," City Councilor David Sullivan explains...
...people live in northeast Miami's "Little Haiti," working as maids, dishwashers, gas-station attendants and in other unskilled jobs. The U.S. has so far refused to regard them as political refugees, though their reasons for leaving Haiti sound similar to those of the Cuban refugees; both groups cite political persecution and extreme poverty. Carter said he was "greatly concerned" about the Haitians and had ordered federal agencies to "treat the Haitians in the same exact humane manner as we treat Cubans...
...symptoms of PTSD include mental flashbacks rooted in combat experiences, guilt pangs and feelings of helplessness. While not all authorities believe PTSD is very different from the shell shock or combat fatigue suffered by soldiers in earlier wars, those who do cite the uniqueness of Viet Nam. Says Jeffrey Steinberg, a Santa Rosa, Calif., lawyer who parlayed a PTSD defense into an acquittal for a client accused of assault: "The vets were viewed by the public as baby killers, as a bunch of losers. They found difficulty in justifying themselves...
...explanation, Tutu and others cite various factors, secular and spiritual. Tribal religion lost power as Africans began to cross tribal lines. Islam might have filled this void, but the much anticipated Muslim surge, funded by new Arab oil wealth, has yet to materialize in black Africa. More important, most experts agree, is the record of the Christian missionaries. According to one theory, the past stereotype that missionaries were deeply disliked and distrusted stemmed from colonists, not from Africans. Today missionaries are sometimes seized upon as political scapegoats and expelled by new nationalist leaders. But Africans are still surprised and touched...
...some day-- a some day city planners foresee within 15 years--commerce will return to these barrens. Cambridge politicians speak almost reverently of The Boom, the citywide economic miracle that will end fiscal trial and muffle social discontent. They cite statistics--a 60 per-cent increase in the tax base, 40,000 new jobs. Their phrases include "irresistible momentum" and "unprecedented growth." David Vickery, the city's chief planner, says, "If we went away and did nothing, the market would still operate to expand industry in Cambridge...