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Reagan obviously hoped to lend the political system some legitimacy by pushing elections scheduled for March 1984 forward to this year. But the plight of Silva and other opposition members makes it clear that the elections will have no legitimacy. Members of the opposition are labelled subversives and would be in great danger in public in the urban areas of El Salvador. Rebels cannot place themselves at the rightists' mercy by laying down their arms. Silva maintains that attempts at reform are useless unless they "put the two parts together." The rebels made an offer for neutrally mediated negotiation last...
...city, with its dirty streets and sleazy neighborhoods, did not lend itself to Porter's artistic conception of reality, as recalled in his few drab ad tentative attempts at scenes of life in Union Square made in the early forties. So Porter packed up his easel and relocated to the posh seashore resort town of Southampton, Long Island, spending the summers at a vacation home in Great Spruce Head. Maine, In these WASPy environs, he felt at home with everything from the foliage to the patio furniture...
...Concentration is lack of departmental resources. One's "department" consists of only oneself and a faculty advisor, who is responsible for the bureaucracy of the program but not necessarily for its instruction. Thus, the student must also locate tutors, advisors, and thesis readers (in the honors option) willing to lend their time and energy. Physiological psychology has recently asserted itself as a well-paved alternate track, but students attempting other innovations are usually not so lucky. Often, finding anyone qualified in a special area is difficult enough without also having to beg them for a commitment. There is no support...
Tennessee Banking Magnate Jake Butcher, 46, used to boast that he rose from rural poverty to wealth and political influence the honest way, by borrowing money. Trouble was, as chief executive of the five banks in his United American Group, Butcher liked to lend money too, and too freely. Among the favored borrowers: Democratic politicians and the bank's directors and their relatives...
...takes something that not every man has--it takes a lot of heart. For that much respect he gives me, I give him all I can. If Stewart tells me there's a problem, I'd spend my time to fix it because he cared enough to say, 'Hey, lend me a hand...