Word: partialities
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...speak loudly. To be sure, the battle of Sidra will be, at most, a footnote in the annals of naval engagements. Trafalgar or Midway it was not. And the helicopters whirring toward the battle zone in Honduras were not transporting American troops. Even the symbolism was curiously muted by partial pretexts --about concern for freedom of the seas and Honduran sovereignty--that served to blur the true aims of the actions. Nevertheless, in the wake of American-aided democratic triumphs in Haiti and the Philippines, the Administration last week was clearly feeling confident, seeking to show once again that...
...PARTIAL EXHILARATION, partial disappointment: one reader's response to this latest collection of essays by Roland Barthes. Intellectual morsels, released posthumously for our literary delectation--they can only be read in the light of all that has gone before, all that has been said and done, Barthes' own deja-dit, deja-vecu...
Freshman Linda Suhs led the Crimson charge, taking partial or full credit for six of the 10 new marks...
...theory at least, there is a partial cure to the growing power of the influence-peddling pack: further limits on campaign expenditures and public financing of elections. But Congress is not likely to vote for these reforms any time soon, in large part because as incumbents they can almost always raise more money than challengers can. Certainly, most Congressmen have become wearily resigned to living with lobbyists. They are sources of money, political savvy, even friendship. In the jaded culture of Washington, influence peddlers are more envied than disdained. Indeed, to lawmakers on the Hill and policymakers throughout the Executive...
...made no secret of his frustration with the unions' archaic practices and featherbedding. Over the years Fleet Street proprietors had yielded control of their print rooms to the unions, figuring that it was easier to grant another demand rather than endure a shutdown. Many printers work partial shifts but are paid a full week's wages; a few even receive two paychecks. Senior men can make up to $40,000, nearly three times ! the average British worker's salary. Staffing levels are maintained that would never be tolerated at a U.S. newspaper. Four printers, for example, operate each press...