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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Against that backdrop of uncertainty, Brazil faces what are sure to be difficult negotiations on rescheduling its debt payments. Sarney will be under political pressure to take a tough line. Says Brazilian Labor Leader Jair Meneguelli: "You can't fill the bankers' bellies and the people's bellies at the same time." On their side, the creditors may be sympathetic, and if the talks go well, will consider giving Brazil new loans. But their patience will not last indefinitely. Says a U.S. banker based in Sao Paulo: "The banks want Brazil to admit it has problems, show a feasible plan...
Walker believes that such potentially productive students could fill schools like Hope University across the U.S. She has a point: savants are of growing interest to psychologists. Leon Miller, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, feels that "few researchers have looked at mental retardation in a fine-grain fashion. They haven't gone into the heads of the kids." Psychologist Bernard Rimland, of the Institute for Child Behavior Research in San Diego, notes, "It isn't surprising that we don't understand much about these aberrations. We haven't even begun to understand...
...loss of power players Anna Collins and Beth Chandler left a large gap in the Crimson lineup--a gap which Delaney Smith has been hard-pressed to fill...
Thousands of potential Harvard athletes are identified by coaches and alumni. Many go on to become famous at other schools; athletes like Doug Flutie were once involved in the initial stages of the recruiting process. Only a tiny percentage of identified athletes ever fill out a Harvard application, however--a process that Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett describes as somewhat self-selective...
...President is on a ruthless path of destruction [of student aid], and we hope to fill the most obnoxious of the gaps," said State Rep. Stephen W. Doran (D-Lexington...