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...near Moscow and also at a southern resort. This therapy and the successful control of complications caused by infection permitted him to resume all of his official activities late last spring after a 1½-month absence. By July he was embarked on a program of exercise and swimming to rebuild his strength and was preparing for an official visit to Bulgaria...
...second act that the comedy begins to become slapstick. At the same time Innaurato tries to get serious. Aggy pleads with Tom to return to North Carolina, leave his wife, and rebuild his pathetic life. Resentful of her condemnation of his life and his values. Tom reacts first with anger and then with tears. He turns to his wife for solace, moaning "Maybe Aggy's right. Maybe I am a failure. "Francine sharply gives sarcastic voice to Innaurato's view of the clash of values: "You're right. You're a wop in a WASP. society. You're heavier than...
...years have passed since the Turks invaded Cyprus. The U.N. has passed numerous resolutions condemning Turkey's actions and demanding the withdrawal of its troops, but to no avail. Unfortunately, no nation is willing to pressure Turkey into removing its forces, which would allow the Cypriots to rebuild their war-weary island...
...doubt, ad hoc centrism is better than none. But it is at best a temporary and incomplete solution to a structural flaw in American politics. In the meantime, until it is corrected, until the liberal internationalist tradition can rebuild itself into a political force, we can look forward to more oscillatory democracy and, to dampen its abrupt left-right swings, more commissions...
...Greyhound and Trailways. To trim costs, Greyhound asked that unionized drivers take a 9.5% pay cut and thereby provoked a strike that is now in its second month. Employees rejected a new wage offer last week, and Greyhound said it would continue its effort, started three weeks ago, to rebuild service with nonunion drivers...