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...airport hotel and granted them "asylum." Syrian authorities seemed less certain what to call the disposition of the hijackers. A government spokesman said they were not being granted formal political asylum but rather, temporary refuge for "humanitarian" reasons. In light of Syria's past habit of letting hijackers disappear, neither prosecution of the threesome nor their return to Pakistan seemed likely...
...from perfect, certainly, but it does accomplish what it was intended to do: provide an alternative to the general dreariness of the commercial networks. If the Reagan budget cuts go through and new money is not found, the system will begin to shrink, and eventually could disappear. Warns WGBH's general manager Henry Becton: "In two years public television could be a pale shadow of what it was-with nothing to replace it." -By Gerald Clarke...
...strain on the black man and woman, it shows in various ways. Paul Laurence Dunbar, the black dialect poet, explained, "We Wear the Mask." That is one way of surviving; as a con man, a common figure in black fiction. Another way is to "disappear," to pass for white or otherwise become anonymous. The Invisible Man disappeared altogether, forging a life of an existential fact: since he was invisible to the white world anyway, why not go whole hog? The third way-separation-brings America back from fiction to reality. In a sense, separation often seems the most reasonable choice...
Leon fails, though, because the relationship between him and the residents is a two-way street. Until they also love Leon, his efforts disappear. Because of a lack of love for the majority, many in power today are able to argue against quota-based affirmative action. If institutions set a specific level of minority acceptance in their admissions policy, the reasoning goes, these students might feel stigmatized and separated from the others...
...Britain's socialists think they have all the answers to their nation's economic problems [Feb. 16]. By throwing out Margaret Thatcher, they will be losing their last real hope. Would the unemployment, inflation and unrest really disappear if Thatcher left, or would it stay and flourish under Karl Marx...