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...cannot laugh everything away, even though that can help to keep despair at bay. The matters at issue are serious. It is always distressing to see people out to destroy when they could be creating. My experience convinces me that Professors Davis and Patterson are badly wrong. Social Studies is terrific, imaginative, rigorous, serious and high-powered. I hope my two colleagues in Sociology will have the good grace to apologize to the Social Studies community as a whole. John A. Hall Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Studies
What is one of Latin America's most famous -- and controversial -- writers doing running for President? "Risking everything! I wouldn't be doing this otherwise!" Vargas Llosa says with a laugh. He is not exaggerating. Peru suffers from an inflation rate of nearly 3,000% a year. Ten people are killed daily in political violence in Peru, the majority by the Maoist terrorist group Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path). The average Peruvian's standard of living has dropped more than 50% since 1985. Corruption thrives in the bloated, inefficient state bureaucracy. Only Vargas Llosa seems to want the job of managing...
...brought it to their attention because I feltthat the letter...could be taken in a harmful wayby some freshmen," Frome said. "Most may laugh itoff, but some may be hurt...
Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Silber, for instance, poked at the Republicans when he quipped, "You know how to make an old Brahmin laugh--you tell him a joke when he's young...
Critics have attacked Williams for attempting to buy the governorship with simplistic solutions. "I don't think we can ride horseback into the space age," said G.O.P. rival Luce. But Williams dismisses such criticism with his trademark horse laugh and zany grin. The larger question is whether his cowboy cachet can survive in the general election. "He hasn't withstood the fire of a long campaign and journalistic scrutiny," points out Richard Murray, a University of Houston political scientist. "Without the cash, he'd be a terrible fourth." Whatever way the vote goes, Williams appears ready to accept...