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Stassen is a monument to American perseverance; it's just a shame he didn't know when to quit. His hopeless quests for the presidency have become such a part of American folklore that sports writers often refer to habitual losers like the Red Sox or pre-Moses '76ers as the Stassens of their league...
...Parts of the book are as good as signed by the real author--riddled with stories of May's mother (half Yente, half Bakunin, she would cook stews and make bombs for the local anarchists in the crowded Brooklyn apartment): of her Aunt Giselle, in life a dried-up monument to all the revolutions that never happened, in May's stories a ravishing temptress; of Trasker, a "sort-of-uncle...
White-gloved guards goose-stepped up to the monument commemorating their nation's most venerated martyr. Then Junta Coordinator Daniel Ortega Saavedra and Interior Minister Tomás Borge Martínez laid a single wreath on the tomb of Revolutionary Hero Carlos Fonseca Amador. Two dozen grammar school students, clad in denim shifts or designer jeans, shook their fists and cried, "The Yanquis will die!" before breaking into bashful giggles as adults smiled their approval. Finally, a high school marching band tramped loudly up to the monument, throwing a gaggle of preschoolers into disarray. As some toddlers cringed...
Lack of communication in the '60s caused some horrifying things to happen. I hope that memories of that decade and the angry voices heard last week will make the administration realize what is happening now. Harvard has been described as "America's greatest monument to democracy." I have yet to see an effective democratic government in action. It is indeed time for change. Vijaya Ramachandran
Beginning next spring, the National Park Service will lift visitors up through the atrium in a glass-walled elevator so they can enjoy panoramic views from the top of the tower, the second highest pinnacle in the area after the Washington Monument. Tourists have other amenities to sample in the Pavilion. After two years of negotiations, the Government granted a 55-year lease to the Evans Development Co., which put up an additional $10 million to make space suitable for shops...