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Irked by references to the "disgraceful" and "repugnant" Pretoria regime, South African Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha denounced the language of the Havana statement as "unacceptable." Nonetheless, despite the feverish rhetoric, U.S. officials were hopeful. Declared Secretary of State George Shultz: "If the outcome of the Angolan-Cuban talks is progress toward Cuban troop withdrawal, I think that's positive...
When IBM introduced the PCjr last fall, it seemed to many industry observers that the personal-computer game was over. Initial buyer interest in the $1,269 machine was so feverish that sales of competing models slumped months before the so-called Peanut arrived at retail stores. Many dealers felt they would be selling PCjrs as fast as IBM could turn them out. "The market is voting with dollars," said David Wagman of Softsel, the country's largest independent software distributor. "And it's saying, 'IBM will be our standard...
...play of words and rhythms is precisely one of the ways Cesaire infuses French with the elements of negritude. In "Batouque," the title word is like the clap of hands, regularly punctuating the phrases as clapping in a chant. The words tumble forth and build to a feverish pitch that is drilled into the mind by the incessant chorus batouque...
What was once feverish giving to the $350 million Harvard Campaign has slowed markedly in the last six months, and that fundraising problem helps explain why the Faculty will be at least a month late in announcing next year's tuition...
...obligation, in short, is to value students enough to value everything we do for them. I include here not only sincere listening but also writing recommendations and explaining how the introductory sentences of their first papers can be made interesting. It means stopping yourself in a feverish class discussion even though you know you could make the best contribution of all. What advances us into this degree of selflessness? We come to it gradually, by accepting the duties that come with appropriating the right models. "Being a teacher means assuming responsibility for someone's life, at a certain level," said...