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...begins a crucial section of leading Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes' latest novel, The Hydra Head. Billed as the first Third World spy thriller," The Hydra Head is about the loss of identity of Felix Maldonado, a minor bureaucrat in the Mexican government. In a Kafka-esque world in which he has no autonomy, Maldonado becomes an unwilling assassin in an international spy network competing over Mexico's newly discovered oil supply...
...Hydra-headed monster will disappear. The varieties will be fewer and easier to understand." Not all bargain plans will be eliminated, but several have already been allowed to expire quietly, and some airlines would be happy with just a three-class plan of simple, straight first-class, coach and economy fares...
During the next few months, Carter has the option of changing two key economic players because the Federal Reserve Chairman and Office of Management and Budget Director appointments come up for review. But even if the President decides to replace Burns or McIntyre or both, the hydra-headed style of economic policymaking is not likely to change. Says one longtime Carter associate: "We almost lost the election because we didn't have a chief of staff, and Jimmy didn't change then. He's governed like this since he was running Georgia, so don't expect...
...Hydra of the Diamond...
...buzz words, like "stonewall" and "limited hangout," have not resurfaced-at least not yet. But there is an unmistakable sniff of Watergate wafting over the Hydra-headed investigations of exported South Korean corruption currently under way in Washington. The White House cover-up to protect its guilty is still fresh in everyone's memory. Yet here is the Legislative Branch displaying, at the very least, a marked lack of enthusiasm to get to the bottom of a scandal that could badly tarnish Congress...