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...representatives are Shannah B. Braxton'88, former BSA president; Raul Perez '90, asteering committee member of Raza, the Hispanicstudents' group; Mary Moreland '88, formerpresident of American Indians at Harvard (AIH);Michelle D. Mirchandani '91, a representative ofan Asian minority group, and Laurence Schreiber'87-'88, who is a member of Harvard-RadcliffeHillel...
Until last week's announcement, Arias was not even rumored to be a serious contender for the prize. In Oslo the odds-on favorites among the 93 nominees included President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines, President Raul Alfonsin of Argentina, and the World Health Organization. The five-member committee maintained a stoic silence until the formal declaration, which cited Arias for his "outstanding contribution to the possible return of stability and peace to a region long torn by strife and civil war." Afterward, Committee Chairman Egil Aarvik, 75, made clear the committee's intent. "We hope that the award will...
President Raul Alfonsin was determined to be convincing. "A time bomb," he declared, "is planted in the middle of Argentine society." In a 30-minute television address last week, Alfonsin resorted to such dire imagery to convey a sense of emergency and justify a drastic new austerity program. To cure the country's economic ills -- runaway inflation of more than 100% so far this year, a foreign-debt burden of $55 billion and a current budget deficit of $5.6 billion -- the President offered a radical prescription: wage-price freezes, tax increases for middle- and upper-income earners and a currency...
...political experience. His aides countered that Salinas could not have advanced so far had he not already mastered the political game. "He may not like the backslapping routine," says an assistant. "But he knows how to do it." Moreover, Salinas has ties with the old guard: his father Raul Salinas Lozano, 70, is a Senator who has held Cabinet and diplomatic posts...
...sort of electoral verdict that sitting Presidents dread. In balloting that is certain to complicate the life of Argentine President Raul Alfonsin between now and the end of his six-year term in 1989, the opposition Peronists captured 16 of the 21 governorships at stake and swept away the ruling Radical Civic Union's absolute majority in the 254-seat lower house of Congress. The Radicals now hold 117 seats, the Peronists an unnerving...