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Sollors concurred, saying that compared to 20 years ago, there is now "no common framework of assumptions" that would allow the wide variety of new literature to converge with works traditionally considered classics...
...individual choice is necessary in any free society, and we all agree that a society with no shared values, including moral values, is no society at all." While they refrain from seeking to impose their view by legislation, the commissioners make clear what they feel about sex outside the framework of love and marriage: "Although there are many members of this society who can and have made affirmative cases for uncommitted sexuality, none of us believes it to be a good thing...
Despite the attacks, preliminary cease-fire talks were held. Agriculture Minister Ramon Mitra, one of the two government negotiators selected by President Aquino, said both sides were completing "the framework for the talks...
James Hinkle's ordeal began when he ran into a snag while loading a $400 program called Framework into his Kaypro Model 16 computer. He carefully reread the Framework instruction book for guidance but failed to find it. Stymied, the Alameda, Calif., dentist called the service number printed in the manual. The number was busy, but after dialing repeatedly over a period of several hours, Hinkle eventually made the connection--to a recorded message instructing him to call a different number, which was also busy. Says the normally mild-mannered Hinkle: "I started in the morning...
Often those calls go unanswered. Ashton-Tate, the Torrance, Calif., publisher of Framework, has 42 full-time service representatives who take 1,100 telephone calls a day; Microsoft's 50 operators field 1,800. The current ambitious goal of WordPerfect is to have its 70 support staffers answer at least half of its 1,500 daily calls. Says Adam Osborne, president of Paperback Software: "You have a better chance of winning the lottery than of getting through on some toll-free lines...