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...gave the government's anti-guerrilla campaign a welcome boost. "In a struggle like this one, morale and will decide who wins," said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Bernard Aronson. "Perhaps this capture provides what Peru needs most: hope and confidence that it can prevail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: His Turn to Lose | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

Yale may have reigned supreme on Game day last fall, but Harvard seems to prevail for the other 364 days...

Author: By Betty L. Cung, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Harvard Gets Top Ranking | 9/23/1992 | See Source »

Harvard never fails to tout its traditions of excellence. But what the administration often ignores--and would fail to reward should it prevail in the current union negotiations--is the essential contribution of the clerical and technical workers in perpetuating that excellence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yes to the Raise | 9/22/1992 | See Source »

...does network TV reflect a liberal sensibility? Yes, a certain political correctness does prevail around the dial. The concerns of feminists, environmental activists and oppressed minorities are given sympathetic treatment; big corporations are usually portrayed as villains; government bureaucrats are typically inept or uncaring. But this is probably due less to political calculation than to dramatic necessity. Artists tend to gravitate toward humanistic concerns rather than institutional ones; pitting an underdog against the system always makes for a better story. This is not necessarily proof of liberal bias any more than the proliferation of TV shoot-'em-ups means that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sitcom Politics | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

...great deal of optimism" that it will eventually prevail in the case, Ball said...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MIT Continues Overlap Fight | 9/18/1992 | See Source »

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