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...seeking more economic aid for El Salvador than military aid. In Nicaragua, we would like to see . . . pluralism and representative democracy and freedom of the press. We do think that there is a chance for self-government to emerge in an area that has long lived without it. We regret the success that antidemocratic forces have had in convincing too many people that a Marxist-Leninist victory would amount to self-government, that guerrillas are always supported by the majority, that no civilian casualties are caused by the rebels and that leftist victories are always inevitable...
...Berkeley, the cradle of the Free Speech Movement in 1964, a group of them managed to jeer U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick from the stage, temporarily. She canceled her lecture scheduled for the next day. The student senate, in a masterpiece of smug non sequitur, sent a letter of regret that observed, "We cannot help but find it somewhat inconsistent that you feel such great concern for your own freedom of speech while blithely accepting ... so much misery and lack of freedom throughout the world...
...precious. I'll ask your mother to pick one up for you on the avenue while she's out shopping." Greenfield's oscillation between third and first person is singular without being wholly successful, but he manages that most difficult recipe: a blend of acrimony, humor, regret and hope. Soothing it's not; memorable...
Many people in the Harvard community who knew Ivers also expressed deep regret over his death Myra A Mayman, director of the Office of the Arts at Radcliffe, commented that "while he was here he was really connected with a lot of students and we are all going to miss...
...loss resulted from the $27 for each seat not filled, Eisenberg said. She added however, that she did not regret the council's approval of the funds...