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...American press has presented nothing but the exotic--the strange--in the opposition to a man both the U.S. government and press has tried to maintain. American press coverage throughout the current crisis has reflected western cultural biases, and a belief that the United States could and should mold the political affairs of another nation--the most persistent moral and pragmatic error in U.S. foreign policy development...
...sounding them out, he finally got four acceptable candidates: Iowa Liberal John Culver, who is a close friend; Vermont's Patrick Leahy and Montana's Baucus. For geographical balance, he chose a newly elected Southerner from Alabama, Howell Heflin, who is considered a worldly moderate in the mold of Sam Ervin. The Democratic Steering Committee, which makes the assignments to committees, approved Kennedy's selections. He was then assured a solid majority on the Judiciary Committee...
...sympathize with the HRDC's fears, and respect it for wanting to protect future undergraduates from a Loeb administrative body that might not give a damn about their needs, I can't accept their position. Robert Brustein is too fine a critic and teacher to fit into the ogre mold they've cast...
...laudatory cover story on Robinson and American Express ("a cash machine"), Business Week advised in its Dec. 19, 1977, issue that Amexco's "best response" to new competition would be "to look for additional products for its affluent market, or to find other businesses that fit [its] specialized mold." Little did the staff guess that their own company would be target...
...trained in civil engineering, Nervi first began experimenting with concrete design when he constructed an all-concrete theater in Naples in 1927. He went on to create a strong, light blend of mortar and steel mesh called ferrocemento and, by casting major structural pieces at construction sites, managed to mold concrete into soaring, tilted buttresses and high, swooping ceilings. His finest buildings, critics agree, are the vast Exhibition Hall in Turin, Rome's sunburst-domed Palazzetto dello Sport and the oystershell-shaped, ribbed-concrete Pope Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican. In the U.S., his works include...