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HISTORY BOOKS in the 1950s, Frances FitzGerald points out in her latest book, portrayed America as a homogeneous nation. History texts of the next decade, however, taught that American society wasn't--and never was--homogeneous and that the U.S. was more of a "stew" or "salad" than the "melting pot" of lore...
...judgment by presenting an oversize, extravagantly gifted North Carolinian who tried bold Joycean experiments in stream of consciousness and attempted to rescue American writing from the expatriate Lost Generation in Europe. According to legend, Wolfe was saved from drowning in his own verbiage by Editor Maxwell Perkins, mentor of Fitzgerald and Hemingway. According to the biographer, Perkins and his colleagues distorted Wolfe's intentions and eviscerated his posthumous works beyond recognition...
Elections took place ten months ahead of schedule after the coalition government of Garret FitzGerald collapsed last month. The fall of the Cabinet was precipitated by FitzGerald's attempt to tackle the country's economic problems through deep cuts in social spending. Rather than accept the reductions, four ministers walked out of the coalition...
...economy was the issue in a campaign of mostly familiar faces. FitzGerald and Haughey have each served as Prime Minister twice. Nearly 20% of the country's workers are unemployed, taxes are the most onerous in Western Europe, and the national debt is a staggering $33 billion. While FitzGerald and his Fine Gael (Family of Irish) party called for belt tightening, Haughey used the gift of gab, refusing to commit himself to cuts and promising vaguely to stimulate growth. Nonetheless, Haughey, the strong front runner throughout the four-week campaign, stressed that coalition governments are weak and entreated voters...
Haughey will probably form a minority government with the help of a few independents. Neither of the two largest parties, FitzGerald's Fine Gael, which holds 51 seats, or the Progressive Democratic Party, which won 14 seats, is expected to block Haughey's plans as long as he holds down government spending. The cobbled-together government, however, will not have the authority to solve Ireland's pressing economic troubles...