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...transcripts of their personal conversations are leaked to the Mexican press. The Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights and international groups like Americas Watch document a rise in the number of arbitrary detentions, disappearances and political assassinations. Even those who endorse Salinas' economic program often fault his political foot dragging. "If you begin to reform, you should reform thoroughly," says Rogelio Ramirez de la O, a private-sector economist. "That should be called 'the Gorbachev lesson.' " Unfazed by such criticism, Salinas argues that political and economic reform cannot be undertaken simultaneously. "Anyone who brings about changes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico In a Hurry or Running Scared? | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

Students will find their November telephone bills higher this November, but Harvard University Network (HUN) employees say its not the new system's fault...

Author: By Susan M. Carls, | Title: Phone Bills To Increase | 11/16/1990 | See Source »

...Bishop favors innovation rather than textual adherence. Her crosscasting of Ariel and Sebastian, the brother of Alonso, King of Naples certainly holds some potential for subversive entertainment. But in this production of The Tempest, that potential is never realized. The fault lies not with the interpretations themselves, but with sheer carelessness and bad acting. What the text clearly demands, the actor fail to supply...

Author: By Carey Monserrate, | Title: At the Loeb, An Ill Wind Blows No Good | 11/16/1990 | See Source »

...horrible problem that exists, then maybe the issue can be faced. It is not through how administration deals with the incidents that date rape is confronted, but with each individual understanding what date/acquaintance rape is, how it happens, what the aftermath involves and that it is not the victims' fault...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Education Key to Preventing Date Rape | 11/15/1990 | See Source »

...study, however, the researchers were not examining older women. Instead, they were trying to find out why one group of young women -- marathon runners -- seemed to be peculiarly predisposed to osteoporosis. The researchers theorized that disruptions in the runners' menstrual cycles might be at fault. But to their surprise, when they compared the marathoners with women who ran for recreation and others who engaged in no special physical activity, the researchers found that menstrual disturbances were common in all three groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: When Bones Are Brittle | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

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