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...refer to Senator Edward Kennedy's frustration in attempting to engage President Jimmy Carter in a face-to-face debate [Feb. 18]. Could it be that he fears an open discussion will verify his abysmal failures with inflation, rising unemployment, excessive interest rates and foreign policies? He may be enjoying the haven of the Rose Garden, but can he survive the thorns...
Just how an embassy can be "peacefully occupied" by persons bearing "machetes ... pistols and Molotov cocktails" may elude some of your readers. Also, some of the 34 "Indian peasants" to whom you refer, including the occupiers' leadership, were in fact students from our national university (Universidad de San Carlos) who, on this and other occasions, have sought to further their own political objectives by cynically exploiting campesino grievances. In panic or by design, one of the occupiers threw an incendiary device that ricocheted off a metal window grille, thereby engulfing the room in flames. The ensuing deaths were caused...
...array" they refer to is largely a range of degrees to which different professors offer their classes direction in discussing and analyzing the situations outlined in their classes...
...third and final installment, Ms. Dugger reported that the present Director, Mr. Gordon, "...doubts the HIID would advise the Central African Empire...under the present government." Surely, he must have meant to refer to the government of former Emperor Jean-Badel Bokassa, which was overturned in September 1979, more than five months ago. The nation is now once again the Central African Republic, headed by President David Dacko, who is generally judged to be a benevolent leader. Former Emperor Bokassa is in exile in the Ivory Coast...
...final observation, on another topic, regarding the excellent "Silhouette" of William Burroughs by Paul Attanasio (Feb. 1. pg. 2): In paragraph 2, The Crimson prepetuates a widely-repeated misnomer by referring to the Moroccan city of "Tangiers." It is Algiers, with an "s" that is the captial of Algeria. The singular TANGIER (no "s") is where Burroughs lived and wrote for many years. In French, the city is "Tanger" (tawn-JAY); the city was named by ancient Phoenicians, as something like "Tahn-ja," which is how many contemporary Arabic-or better Berber-speaking Moroccans refer...