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...focuses his rage on his peasant wife, the devoted Nora (Dearbhla Molloy), whom he married out of either propriety or love--the audience is never certain--and whom he has resented ever after as the locus and symbol of his failure. Their feisty daughter Sara (Elizabeth Marvel) resents Melody for living in the past and clinging to a tradition that makes him a fool in America, swindled by the Yankees, abusive to Nora, and hated by his patrons for his outdated gentlemanly airs...
Ogletree's article became the locus of controversy in the fall, when then-Law Review President Emily R. Schulman '85 was accused of racial bias by fellow editors for allegedly refusing to let a Black woman edit the piece because it was written by a Black faculty member...
...that the grotesque polarities of the Cold War no longer exist, economic relations are at the locus of international relations. At this critical hour, the Clinton Administration needs to send clear signs of its support for the GATT negotiations and should move decisively toward breaking this impasse. There is a compelling economic interest in resolving this issue. Clearly, the institution has to be strengthened or there has to be a more efficient replacement. Multilateral and regional approaches are not inherently incompatible--they can be complementary. The United States has to utter a less tremulous yes to GATT and to free...
Another social locus for the lesbians and bisexual women student population is supplied by activities such as women's discussion group 7th Sense and the feminist magazine...
...label Oval Office has become shorthand for the locus of power and grave deliberations, but in fact the modern White House occupants rarely used it that way. "The Lincoln Sitting Room was my favorite room," Richard Nixon said. "It was a room for contemplation. I felt we did the best thinking, the most organized, disciplined thinking there. I got my best ideas in that room...