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...life for Cora, to flesh out the novel's sparse details. Says she: "I imagined Cora's movements from the Midwest to Hollywood. I painted her parents with people familiar to me. I was from the Midwest. I had worked as a waitress. I had a grasp of reality...
...sure grasp of the intricacies of their political, economic and social problems. But critics fear that Haig views the world in oversimplified, good guys-bad guys terms. Says a top State Department official who knows Haig well: "In bilateral negotiations he will have a clear objective and bargain for it effectively. But how he will deal with, say, Zimbabwe in the context of the Third World-well, the jury is still...
...program of improved productivity, and budget and tax reform is designed above all else to improve the quality of life of poor and working Americans The task will not be easy, but we believe that the twin goals of a healthy economy and a fair society are within our grasp...
When the Pope arrived in Tokyo, there were no military bands or honor guards to greet him. But John Paul dazzled many with his well-rehearsed and easily understood Japanese, his grasp of Asian history and his untiring willingness to belt out Polish folk songs on a handheld mike and dance with kindergartners at a Tokyo youth rally. In Nagasaki, the historic center of Japanese Catholicism, the crowds were larger: 47,000 stoically endured a freak February blizzard to attend an outdoor Mass. Eventually more than 300 people had to be taken to first-aid stations because they were suffering...
...tragedy was that, as the Teamsters knew, knew, the shuttle drivers held a perfect opportunity to fight for all students' rights. By striking, and the going to court, the drivers might have reversed NLRB precedent, that fails to grasp the realities of student employment...