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...This is the greatest day of my life," David H. Pollack '85 said. Tom A. Gilson '85 added. "It seems sunnier outside, 20 degrees warmer, and the world seems a friendlier place...
There is an air of mourning around the Steffes farm. Friendlier neighbors drop by, bringing covered dishes of food. The quiet talk centers on the misfortune of Steffes, his wife Pat, 45, and their two surviving children, Kay and Bruce, 19. Without saying so, each visitor is aware that his or her farm could go next. Third- generation farmers, the Steffes had acquired 280 acres by 1966, raising livestock and planting a variety of crops. In the booming 1970s they added another 180 acres and rented 530 more. Farming began to sour for them in 1979, just as tragedy struck...
...provides more than half the emergency aid needed to feed Africa's hungry millions, a trend that has not gone unnoticed. For example, Mozambique, still officially a Marxist nation and once heavily dependent on Soviet aid, "has slid away from the Soviets," in the words of Sonnenfeldt, and become friendlier...
...reforms in South Africa. The Administration contends that economic sanctions have rarely proved effective and could not be expected to have a great influence on such an embedded practice as apartheid. Jimmy Carter's more confrontational approach had also made little difference, they argue, so working on a friendlier basis with the South African government is well worth a try. The Administration claims to share the protesters' moral indignation, but it faces the practical problem of deciding how best to remedy a bad situation...
...company has launched a $1.7 billion capital-improvement program to build 62 new stores, remodel 600 others and update the company's whole approach to selling. By October, Sears will have 107 "stores of the future," which will depart sharply from its traditional selling places. They have a friendlier, more welcoming look than the Sears stores of old, with more aisles, lower ceilings and merchandise displayed with flair and style at eye level. Fashion labels with big names-Arnold Palmer, Joe Namath, Diane von Furstenberg, Johnny Carson and Evonne Goolagong-stare back at the customer. To make self-service...