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...REAL TRAGEDY here is that the selection committee could have done something about the dearth of minority resident tutors in Winthrop. Of course, it should not have voted to dump the qualified white males whom it will recommend, but the committee should have extended the search--made an extra effort to find minorities who might be just as qualified for the position. This is the spirit of affirmative action. No quotas. No reverse discrimination. Just a fair solution...
Nobody wants to stay in Belize City, which every guidebook dismisses as a noisy dump full of intrusive hustlers. Instead, one heads for the outer islands, such as the Turneffe Islands, that are geared up for sporting tourism, mainly scuba diving, snorkeling and line fishing; or a small plane whisks you north to San Pedro on Ambergris Cay, a thin digit of land that protrudes south from the Mexican border. To the east is the barrier reef, which runs parallel to the coast, less than a mile offshore. To the west are mangroves and shallow flats, and then...
...environmentally conscious, has an essay in its catalog titled "Why You Should Buy Less Stuff." Recycling has taken hold as a voguish and satisfying pursuit. People who used to meet at trendy bars now trade bons mots while sorting their garbage into the appropriate bins at the public dump. Even the smaller luxuries are giving way to environmental vigilance. If last year's popular orange juice was a quart of premium with extra pulp, this year's is canned concentrate, which requires less packaging...
...there are differences that go beyond the contrast between Major's low- key amiability and Thatcher's imperious hectoring. Less ideological and less combative than Thatcher, Major also is far more ready to dump a policy that is going wrong. He proved it last week by washing his hands of Thatcher's widely hated poll...
...voters said they wanted an elected President. But the route from the chairmanship of the republic's parliament, the position Yeltsin now holds, to the presidency is not unobstructed. This week, for example, he faces a parliamentary no-confidence vote, called by conservative Communists in an attempt to dump him from the chairmanship he narrowly won last May. If Yeltsin passes that test, he must then push through constitutional changes to create the presidency...