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Even with these refinements, The Enforcer still has enough violence to retain its mass appeal. Violence still wins out, and the criminals are painted not as dedicated ideological revolutionaries but as the debris of society, turning to terrorism as a last resort. All the people they kill are the good guys, while Harry & Co.'s victims are the bad guys. And Harry still retains that smug irritating demeanor and quick wit that has endeared him to millions...
...logjam, if it comes at all, could appear as students from the Quad try to preserve the four-year status of the Houses. But chances are that the dissidents will be placated with a plan that allows the Quad to retain its other significant difference--a lower male-to-female ratio than the River Houses...
...DEFENSE JOB. I have tried to retain a rational and analytical approach to things. That does not preclude full consideration of the nonquantifiable-the human, individual and political aspects of any problem...
Boraine called the arrest "a sign that the government is prepared to be more and more repressive in its effort to retain its dominance...
Morgan, 50, is married to a Rockefeller (Nelson's younger daughter, Mary), has worked at Esquire and New York and, until last month, was editor of the Village Voice. Morgan says he will retain Editor Blair Clark, 59, to write the paper's editorials. He intends to raise freelance rates, attract more big-name political writers, and try to give The Nation something it has lacked for all but a handful of its 111 years: a profit. "My goal is to run it in the black," says Morgan. "It has always been an independent journal of ideas...