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Perhaps Vellucci's sense of humor explains hispopularity for the past 38 years. AlthoughHarvard-bashing has always been a popular sport,the flair Vellucci has brought to his contestswith Presidents Nathan M. Pusey '28 and Derek C.Bok has never been duplicated...
...these feisty activists? They span the political spectrum from liberal to conservative, though most share a populist sympathy for the little guy and a suspicion of Big Government and Big Business. Like protesters of the 1960s, they have a flair for attention-grabbing gestures. But much of their power derives from a factor that distinguishes them from grass-roots activists of the past...
...another sort of problem: an initial enthusiasm followed immediately by unmanning apathy. He has decided that he must be homosexual. Patrick's tasks include talking Tim out of this idea and keeping his own marriage from foundering. The author trots out these carnal misadventures with his usual comic flair. Patrick is a typical Amis hero, a young fogy who finds much of the world exasperating. Beneath the crackling surface, though, lies a more somber tale of people behaving badly and, in most cases, finally coming to their senses...
...think the problem derives from conditions that do not allow the Russian character to express itself. The Russian character is no weaker than the American character. We also have people with a flair for business, but, of course, in the matter of entrepreneurship, some of your executives have made quicker progress, thanks to entrepreneurship itself. We only started talking about socialist entrepreneurship in the past few years, thinking it a possible way out for ourselves. "Come on," we said, "move and think faster, and you'll get more profit for your enterprise...
...several years and is widely endorsed by most of the relevant parties, except Israel. But as a public relations ploy, the trip was effective. Shevardnadze amply demonstrated Moscow's intention to break Washington's monopoly as the peace broker in the Middle East. With his shrewd charm and flair for appearing to generate goodwill, Shevardnadze sent a new breeze through the Middle East -- a breeze that George Bush promised would come from the U.S. Indeed, while the Soviets were launching their most important Middle East diplomatic initiative in more than a decade, the Bush Administration was bogged down...