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...outcome of that search. Not only do the Caribbean islands (total pop. about 26.5 million) extend across vital American shipping lanes, but most of the tiny nations, ranging in population from Barbados' 79,000 to Cuba's 10.3 million, have another special asset that is rare in the developing world. Despite a cruel history of imported slavery, colonialism and harsh exploitation, the fledgling states remain among the most democratically governed in the world. The major exceptions: Cuba, Grenada and Haiti. Most of the other governments are aware of, if not always responsive to, a barrage of scrutiny from...
...strong-willed individuality has produced prickly rivalries among the ministates. Two attempts at regional federation failed. Although the area has some effective regional institutions, such as the Caribbean Development Bank, genuine cooperation in critical areas of government planning, marketing and even the costly business of diplomatic representation abroad is rare. Sometimes the regional competition reaches ludicrous extremes. In 1976, Jamaica used a developmental loan from Trinidad and Tobago to finance an elaborate London embassy and to create Air Jamaica as a rival to the donor country's BWIA International; both airlines are now heavy money losers. Major General Robert...
While the Technology Transfer body belongs to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the guidelines have been disseminated to all of Harvard's faculties which are now in various stages of discussing the rules in the hope of gaining a University wide consensus a rare feat considering the different needs and desires of various disciplines...
Only the Channel 38 programmers suffered more than the Harvard hockey team last night Expecting a vintage edition of the Harvard-Boston College rivalry for their rare college hockey broadcast, they instead picked a farce in which the outcome was obvious after just 10 minutes, an eventual 10.4 B.C. rout at M. Hugh Forum...
Rice is faced with the dilemma that confronts so many psychiatrists--an uncertainly about his work. He questions whether--with all his own personal problems--he is really qualified to solve those of his patients. Roy Scheider brings a rare credibility to his role, freeing his character from the stereotype of the movie psychiatrist. His Dr. Rice is not the self-assured Freudian father figure who sits comfortably back in his chair, doodling on a pad of paper. Instead, Scheider often seems just as unsure of himself as any patient. In one sequence, Rice steals Brooke's keys and sneaks...