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...tone of the novel is not vindictive. The Robber Bride is not the self-indulgence of a man-hater run amok. Rather it seeks to exploit and break down, sometimes clumsily, the myths surrounding the first generation of the women's movement. Atwood's tongue-in-cheek allusions enable her to wittily explore the complexities of gender relations in this generation. At times, however, her acuity yields to carelessness. This is most notable in her depiction of Charis, and her airy speculations on numerology; Charis relates that seven is "two threes and a one, which [she] prefers because threes...
...draconian legislative proposals already in the works. The President put forward measures last July to tighten screening of potential immigrants abroad, speed deportations of phony asylum seekers and add 600 officers to the border patrol. "We will not," he declared, "surrender our borders to those who wish to exploit our history of compassion and justice...
...favors "feminism, multiculturalism and other new theories and practices that have divided the academy" but insists that this can be a moderate position. Writes Graff: "The curriculum is already a shouting match, and one that will only become more angry and polarized if ways are not found to exploit rather than avoid its philosophical differences. It is important to bring heretofore excluded cultures into the curriculum, but unless they are put in dialogue with traditional courses, students will continue to struggle with a disconnected curriculum, and suspicion and resentment will continue to increase...
...Central America were not racked with injustices, there would be no revolution," said the Democrats in a 1983 televised address opposing military aid to El Salvador. "There would be nothing for the Soviets to exploit. But unless those oppressive conditions change, that region will continue to seethe with revolution -- with or without the Soviets...
Cisneros criticized past political leadershipwhich "saw fit to exploit the disappointment[following Kennedy's assassination] as a pathwayto our nation's highest public offices...