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Certainly, Santiago appears to be a prosperous, industrial metropolis. That much of Kirkpatrick's distinction holds true. The capital, where a large plurality of Chileans live, is a lovely city of tree-lined streets, public gardens, monuments in grassy squares, a speedy, modern 10-cent metro that rivals the one in Paris, and stylish shops with bright displays and billboard ads. A far cry from the drab exterior of your average Eastern-bloc country...
...would have recognized a fitting subject in the Marcos regime as its authority continued to expand. For years, critics have focused on the extravagance of First Lady Imelda, a former beauty-contest winner who has channeled huge amounts of money into pet projects through her roles as governor of Metro Manila, the administrative unit that encompasses the capital and its sprawling suburbs, and as national Minister of Human Settlements. Last week a U.S. congressional inquiry was looking into allegations that the Marcos family has been secretly funneling money, possibly including U.S. aid funds, into American real estate...
...Wednesday--Six months after its gala opening, the directors of the Sackler Museum announce that they have applied to the city for permission to build a connecting tunnel under Broadway between the Sackler and its mother museum, the Fogg. "We'd model it on the Paris metro system," says a spokesman for the two-toned tower. "Just like that movie, what was it called...
...Philippines' failure to agree on future International Monetary Fund targets for economic performance has delayed $113 million in IMF loans. Inflation is expected to hit 25% this year, while the Philippines' 15% unemployment and 40% underemployment rates are the highest in the region. The Philippines, Bernardo Villegas of Metro Manila's independent Center for Research and Communications claims, "is the economic basket case" of the Asia-Pacific region. Villegas traces most of the problems to "the excesses of crony capitalism and other forms of political patronage...
COORS BEER has kicked off an extremely agressive advertising campaign throughout the Boston area. The company has sponsored rock concerts, sports pages in the Boston Herald and parties at the Metro. What Coors has not advertised is a record of discriminatory hiring practices, abusive treatment of employees, hazardous waste dumping and even outright racism that makes it one of the most dispicable companies in the country. Coors' activities have prompted a boycott by many labor, minority, environmentalist, and women's groups nationwide. That boycott deserves the support of the Harvard community...