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...Buddhists v. Christians, Spaniards v. Portuguese, Franciscans v. Jesuits, Protestants v. Catholics. Author Clavell is an encyclopedic chronicler of Oriental lore (his bestselling Tai-Pan was set in Hong Kong), and he lubricates his massive research with regular doses of bloodshed. Readers who can suppress the urge to commit hara-kiri somewhere along the first exposition-laden chapters will get fair value for their money. Shōgun is, all by itself, a relatively cheap summer vacation...
...Hara said last week that he has not reached a conclusion on the final form of this bill...
According to Buell, as it now stands, the O'Hara bill "is very different from the proposals submitted to the subcommittee by citizen's groups-there's no doubt about...
...Hara bill calls for a reduction in BEOG funding, the linking of SEOG grants to academic merit as well as financial need, and a gradual phasing out of NDSL and Guaranteed Student Loans...
Under the O'Hara bill, the current $300 million funding of the work-study programs would be doubled, putting more emphasis on student work and less on student grants and loans...