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Freshman Jody Dushay just missed the ECAC cutoff in the 5000, finishing second behind Brommer...
...spacious marmoreal one of the Grand Tour and Burlington House. Only after the 1930s, | with the ethos of country-house patronage in full retreat before the incomprehensible 20th century, does the show become a bore--a silly diminuendo of John Piper watercolors and Asprey-style silver humidors. The cutoff point should have been...
...victory for Reagan, if only because it reversed one of the most embarrassing foreign policy setbacks of his presidency. Last week's vote sent a message of U.S. resolve not only to the contras, who have suffered some supply shortages but have managed to remain largely intact during the cutoff (see box). The congressional turnabout also reassured other governments in the region, notably those of Honduras and Costa Rica, from whose territory the rebels stage their forays into Nicaragua. Finally, the showdown over the contras vindicated Reagan's strategy of legislative persistence, a political trademark sometimes dismissed by his critics...
...yearlong cutoff of U.S. aid did not hamper the contras' recruiting efforts. Indeed, the FDN claims to have grown from 6,000 to more than 14,000 men. Though the contras suffer from occasional equipment shortages, about $10 million in private donations from conservative groups in the U.S., Taiwan and South Korea have largely made up for the lost...
Democratic fears of U.S. military involvement have been fueled by ominous warnings from Administration officials concerned about the cutoff of contra aid. Secretary of State George Shultz, for example, told the American Bar Association last month that if Congressmen continued to withhold assistance "they are hastening the day when the threat will grow and we will be faced with an agonizing choice about the use of American combat troops." The New York Times printed a pair of articles last week speculating that the Administration was moving closer to the invasion option. "That's foolish," charged White House Spokesman Larry Speakes...