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...Julius Nyerere, Jamaica's Michael Manley and Mexico's Luis Echeverria, who recite a familiar litany of sins that they believe are being committed by the First World against them: imperialism, unjust exploitation of resources, arrogance, waste and neocolonialism. Last month Nyerere told a meeting of the Commonwealth Society in London: "I am saying that it is not right that the vast majority of the world's people should be forced into the position of beggars, without dignity. We demand change, and the only question is whether it comes by dialogue or confrontation...
...last season was the worst. Harvard drubbed the skaters from Commonwealth Avenue with a convincing 7-2 performance in the first meeting and soon courted national fame. The Crimson squad went on to stay undefeated the first half of the season...
...looking to buy ski equipment as a holiday gift for someone, you're best bet is to try the Ski Market on Commonwealth Ave. Right now, Ski Market is ofering several ski-boot-binding-pole packages starting at $109. The savings on these packages range up to $150 and the equipment is name-brand. These packages are particularly good buys for the intermediate skier looking to step up from cheap or rental equipment. Ski Market also has some of the best bargains around on skis, boots and clothing...
Even so, atomic power has been considered a bargain because of the plant's low operating costs. "It's like spending more for a car that gets better mileage," explains Jerry Stanbrough, a spokesman for Illinois' big electric utility, Commonwealth Edison. But even these numbers now look shaky. Instead of being available to churn out electricity 80% of the time, as advertised, nukes have been shut down for inspection or repairs on the average of 40% of every year. Like cars that often go back to the shop, they have not delivered their "better mileage...
...days when monarch ruled as well as reigned, sacking a Prime Minister was a well-exercised royal prerogative. Things are supposed to be different nowadays-at least within the British Commonwealth-but it did not seem so in Australia last week. There the personal representative of Queen Elizabeth II, Governor General Sir John Kerr, seemingly seized with the spirit of George III, fired Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, leader of the Labor Party, and installed Opposition Leader Malcolm Fraser as head of a caretaker government. Invoking constitutionally questionable powers never before exercised in Australia, the Governor General also dissolved Parliament...