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...novel. No doubt Greeks will be better able to appreciate Haviaras's writing the novel in English Haviaras also commits himself to pleasing an American audience. While he is careful to give the reader the brute information necessary to understand the names of the political groups, be is slightly lay in establishing the meaning of this information. A certain animating philosophical passion would make this book more accessible to American readers, transmuting the craftsmanlike and episodic plot into a story more obviously symbolic of general human experience...
...campaign trail, Hunt has tried to ignore the Helms attacks and stress his own achievements as Governor. "We will take our lumps right now, lay out our organization and get the campaign going on our terms," explains Hunt Press Aide Stephanie Bass. "If they can talk us into punching the tar baby, they've got us." Hunt has developed a strong supporting machine through a patronage system affecting about 4,800 state jobs and appointments. He describes the race as probably one between "a moderate and a reactionary." The Helms strategy, on the other hand, is to draw...
...others agree, is the federal deficit, which is expected to come to about $180 billion this year. The heavy federal borrowing needed to finance that deficit is certain to keep pressure on interest rates and the home-buying market. A meaningful reduction in the deficit, by contrast, could lay the foundation for a genuine housing boom...
Almost from the beginning, Gallo's interest lay in the world of viruses. Since the turn of the century, scientists have known that certain types of viruses can cause cancer in cats, chickens, cows and other animals. Like all viruses, these cancer agents cannot reproduce unless they infiltrate a host cell and commandeer its reproductive machinery (see diagram). What makes the viruses distinctive is that their genes are composed of RNA rather than DNA, the genetic molecule found in most living things. Because RNA is a kind of mirror image of DNA, the viruses are called retroviruses...
Certain characteristics are common to most of the 100 companies. They tend to promote from within rather than hire outsiders. They try not to lay off employees in hard times. Above all, they make workers feel like part of a family. Nowhere is family spirit stronger than at Delta, which has not laid off anyone for nearly 40 years. In 1982 a retiring Delta pilot took out a full-page ad in both the Atlanta Constitution and the Journal (cost: about $6,400) to declare, "It has been my privilege to work for the finest group of human beings that...