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...another, with the aid of the Soviets and Cuba, the United States will lose an ally in a "strategic" zone. And to the rest of the world, as the "dissent paper" itself warns, the United States will once again be left holding the bag--having aided the oppressors now powerless...
...past era of few automobiles, undeveloped land, insufficient energy, a gray gloomy world, in which there is always less and less for more and more." Conspiring against the American people are Big Business, Big Media, Big Labor, and Big Government. Everyone loves an underdog, especially when feeling powerless, frustrated and resentful of change...
...strengthen the progressive philosophy, especially in the areas of civil rights and civil liberties. He contends that overt racism is growing throughout the nation, citing the increasingly visible Ku Klux Klan as one example of this trend. Lewis attributes recent expressions of racism to hard economic times: "We feel powerless in the world, people are not as content, and it is easier to be generous when things are going well...
...junta that took over El Salvador's government more than a year ago, ending the repressive reign of Dictator Carlos Humberto Romero, has proved powerless against the wave of terror loosed by both the left and the right. In what amounts to an undeclared civil war, 8,400 people have been killed in terrorist attacks so far this year. Last week brought one of the most barbaric acts yet. In broad daylight, as the six men who led the country's left conferred in the Jesuit San Jose high school on a busy street in San Salvador, rightists...
When the Student Assembly requested a formal review of College governance last spring, it did so with some trepidation, fearing that the review might make it just another powerless advisory committee. But this week the Governance Review Committee indicated it is likely to suggest that the assembly be reformed into a potent central body with a $60,000 annual budget, and assembly members began to rejoice at a dream-come-true...