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That's why recent actions by the Committee on Central America (COCA) are so appropriate. Confronting the predominantly middle- and upper-middle-class Harvard community with the current realities of Central America--forcing us to think about what's going on down there--is a job that no one else...
Flood, who announced his canidacy for the 1990 gubernatorial race last month, said he will not change his position on taxes. He added that he sees no reason why Keverian should ask him to step down as committee chair.
Much more uncertain were the circumstances surrounding the deaths. The government said that shortly after Wijeweera had been captured and had led security forces to the group's headquarters, a J.V.P. official tried to gun down his leader. Government forces then supposedly started shooting, and both Wijeweera and his would...
The less than subliminal message is that Japan Inc. is buying up America, a point underscored by the ubiquity of headlines portraying Japan -- as distinguished from Japanese individuals or companies -- snapping up American treasures. Similar coverage greeted OPEC in the 1970s, when Arab oil sheiks seemed ready to slap down...
Peterson and Morita have a point. When Australian Rupert Murdoch was taking substantial control of major American media properties (including Metromedia Inc. and 20th Century Fox), little was written about the dangers of media manipulation from Down Under. Reportage focused less on the fact that the predator was Australian (Murdoch...