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...issue is the way in which Brazilians will take the next step in their country's cautious return to democracy after two decades of military rule: the election of a successor to President João Figueiredo, 66, a retired general whose six-year term expires in March 1985. The government has decided that the choice will be made next January by a 686-member electoral college. But according to the latest polls, 80% of Brazil's voters want a direct say in choosing their next leader. The public mood also reflects a lack of confidence...
...Harvard Just as the stereotype of the protesters as "lesbians and homos" is probably unfounded, the stereotype of the men in the Pi Eta as misogynists is also misguided. As guests of the Pi Eta, we have never been treated with anything less than respect. Marianne Romak '85 Cara Jo Swirbalus '86 Nancy Labouisse '86 Lori A. Ribeiro '85 Frances S. Hochschild '84 Alice P. Neuhauser '84 Rochelle Lipovsky '84 Theresa M. Moore '86 Grace de Fries '84 Pamela Stedman '84 Donna Marin '85 Liahann Bannerman...
Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado visited Brasilia last week to confer with his Brazilian counterpart, Joào Figueiredo. The two leaders had some blunt words for their creditors. Figueiredo complained of high interest rates that "threaten to perpetuate our foreign debt problems." De la Madrid said, with much justification, that Latin America could not boost exports enough to pay its debts if creditor countries erected "ever increasing protectionist measures" against imports from the developing nations. The day before De la Madrid spoke, the Reagan Administration announced a cutback in the number of products allowed to enter...
Taking a two-year leave of absence, Mary Jo Bane, who specializes in distribution of social service funds, will administer an $11 billion dollar budget for welfare, Medicaid, child welfare, and adult social services, as executive deputy commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services...
HOSPITALIZED. Ibn Talal Hussein, 48, King of Jordan; for heart and intestinal tests as well as a general physical; at Ohio's Cleveland Clinic, where Saudi Arabia's late King Khalid and Brazilian President João Baptista de Figueiredo have also been treated...