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James M. Hardy, a speaker, charged the United States with supporting "in-stitutionalized terrorism" in Latin America and said that except for "Nicaragua and Panama, Central America has become one huge con-centration camp...
...summer of lobbying were understandably upsetting. The apparent failure of the supply-side doctrine to impact on pressing economic problems turned Stockman's ideological purity over upon itself, leaving instead a stark naivete. The wheeler-dealer all of a sudden became sensitive to the machinations of budget politics, the con jobs he had to perform to win votes, as well as the inevitable battles among the members of the cabinet. Stockman lost once to Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger '38, over the matter of defense cuts, and for a second time (after the Atlantic's article went to press...
...Jesse James (1939) and The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Fonda is virtually cornered into renegade political activism; a corrupt System flays him, but under the vulnerable Midwestern skin is a species of American hero. In his best comedy, The Lady Eve (1941), Fonda is the perfect patsy for a con woman, Barbara Stanwyck?so perfect that she falls in love with the sap. Watching Fonda writhe under Stanwyck's bogus endearments remains one of the high delights of screwball farce...
...Con Brio--the Willow, 699 Broadway, Somerville...
...their own; others are only vaguely aware of the specifics of the debate over standardized testing. But the people who govern admissions tend to share a common perspective on the SAT debate: You can find a handful of studies to endorse any position--pro or con--and at this point, there isn't enough evidence to prompt a retreat from reliance on the test...