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...girl's plight triggers a screechy, preachy political cat fight between Marlene and Joyce. Marlene is a staunch advocate of Margaret Thatcher, whom her sister derides as "Hitlerina." The question raised is provocative: Is the future to be divided between a smart, scrambling upper class of no-holds-barred individualists and a permanent underclass of poor souls who are unfit for the survival of the fittest...
...this narrowness alone limits the greatness of The Verdict. The appeal of the film, its commendable production, and Newman's vivid performance, promise that it will be a film remembered throughout the '80s, when our perceived failings place us not far from the plight of Frank Galvin, a casualty of our times...
...sympathize with the plight of the black executives and with the problems of the black journalists [Nov. 29]. As a Japanese American living in a predominantly white community, I have had to work harder to come in first. The positive side of this drive for recognition is that one discovers a vast pool of potential that would never be tapped if not for the inherent discriminatory nature of our fellow humans...
Brazil stumbled into its plight through the type of doomsday scenario that now haunts the world financial community. The crunch began in September, when small-and medium-size banks in the U.S. and elsewhere refused to increase their Latin American loans in the wake of Mexico's brush with bankruptcy. At the time, Brazil, like Mexico, was borrowing from well over 1,000 banks around the world. In Brazil's case, the length of the list was largely a vote of confidence in the nation's financial management, which was considered to be among the best...
...Never in more than a half-century has the U.S. faced even the faintest threat of political instability or hostility along either of its two long, undefended borders. That prospect, no matter how remote, has inspired a blend of acute concern and well-intentioned sympathy for Mexico's plight. Says U.S. Ambassador to Mexico John Gavin: "We want Mexico to be free, and we want Mexico to be prosperous. Why? Enlightened self-interest...