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...unfortunate that the two groups are forced to allocate their precious resources to something other than fighting for civil right especially when there are lighting each other. Coleman said...
...wrangling dragged on, the prospects for the precious summit quorum melted away. The deadline for the summit was postponed by nearly two days. But finally only 30 delegations were willing to register for the meeting, and Gaddafi had to concede that there would be no conclave. As always, he tried to have the final word. "Contrary to what many think," Gaddafi declared, "the fact that the O.A.U. leaders have come to Tripoli twice to attend the [summit] is a victory for the Libyan people." The only loser was the O.A.U...
...Soviet troops stationed in Afghanistan. For that reason, it is well guarded. An insurgent group called the Islamic Party belatedly claimed responsibility, but few diplomats took the pronouncement seriously. If the tragedy in the Salang Tunnel was more than an accident, by week's end there was precious little evidence...
...ROOMMATES ALARM CLOCK invariably begins chuping and buzzing at the worst possible time of the morning--about 45 precious minutes before I had planned to awake. To make matters worse, my roommate also likes to start the day with a burst of WEEI news radio. I have come to hate those monotonous traffic reports and the incessant simulated clacking of typewriters in the background. Tuesday morning, though the static aired an advertisement so intriguing that I cut through my early morning fog long enough to listen...
...third. The fascination for the voter lies in functioning simultaneously as the individual and the mass, in pulling the lever for the candidate who will presumably do him the most good, then discovering his vote is part of a trend, which suggests in turn that everyone carries within his precious encasement a national consciousness, a common sense...