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...military's dismal failure at governing the country and dealing with violence and inflation between 1966 and the return of the Peronists in 1973. Last week, however, General Videla and the air force and naval chiefs apparently decided that to leave the civilians in power any longer was pointless. An ardent nationalist, devout Roman Catholic and fervent antiCommunist, the rail-thin Videla (his barracks nickname is El Hueso, the bone) will probably appoint a civilian Economy Minister who favors business and a Foreign Minister who supports strong ties with the U.S. For the moment, his main concern seems...
...Prosecutions are lengthy, expensive and often pointless...
...members were split between abolishing gen ed and distribution requirements and expanding them. The task force has refused a request for a joint meeting from the concentrations committee, but Wilson says the rejection was not the result of a fear of tipping any balance. Instead, he says, "it is pointless to have a joint meeting when the purpose of such a meeting could not be served, because the task force has not decided what...
...average, Meadow puts in 30 hours a week and eats only meats and water. Why would anyone want to subject themselves to this seemingly pointless Spartanism...
Millet sought an enduring and stoic language based on large shapes, resolute drawing, deep tonal contrasts. The result was a classical gravity, "a Homeric idyll, in patois," as one admirer put it. From such an angle, the decorative side of impressionism would have seemed pointless, and perhaps it is only as the taste for pretties like Renoir recedes that Millet's achievement becomes once more apparent...