Word: rashness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although President Belisario Betancur Cuartas has expressed confidence that the other armed movements will sign similar agreements, a recent rash of bombings, bank robberies and kidnapings suggests the contrary. These acts of violence are believed to be the work of other guerrilla groups that oppose the ceasefire. But F.A.R.C.'s second-in-command, Jacobo Arenas, remained firm. Said he: "We are going to give the President a little more strength by keeping our part of the peace bargain...
Still scarred by the rash of kidnapings in the late 1970s, many of the wealthy employ bodyguards, who may turn into killers. Policemen, who earn about $70 a month, can be hired to perform a beating for $ 10 or a murder for $20. Settling a dispute by legal means is practically unheard of. Says Historian Thomas P. Anderson, author of several books on Central America: "Where we in the U.S. would go to court to settle a claim, down there they just shoot them...
...December, Dean of the College John B. Fox Jr. '59 suggested that House masters take measures to insure that students respect the alarms because the rash of false fire alarms had created an "enormously dangerous situation...
...first incident, on January I sparked a rash of parent complaints and led to the formation of a citizens' board to review general police procedure, as well as the committee to investigate juvenile discrimination...
...TIME'S Los Angeles-based Show Business correspondent, Denise Worrell has often contended with the problem of gaining access to press-shy stars. "The hardest thing about reporting in Hollywood," she says, "is penetrating the thicket of people surrounding celebrities. Stars get heat rash in the constant glare of public scrutiny. If they do not have a thick skin, they get a thick entourage." Despite the difficulties presented by this fortress mentality, there is a need for it. Says Worrell: "Celebrities build barriers to protect themselves from the overcurious public. Unfortunately, a barrier can turn into a prison...