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Duarte has been less successful in reaching an accommodation with the 60-member National Assembly, where his Christian Democrats, with 24 seats, lack a majority. To a certain extent, he has benefited from the low profile assumed by his archrival, Roberto d'Aubuisson, the cashiered army major whose Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) holds 19 seats. Since D'Aubuisson visited the U.S. in June, he has dropped out of sight, reportedly to enter the shrimp fishing business. Perhaps unwisely, Duarte has neglected to woo Francisco José ("Chachi") Guerrero, leader of the moderately conservative National Conciliation Party. Guerrero commands...
...SEVEN MADMEN by Roberto Arlt; translated by Naomi
...taken a while for this novel to find its way into English. The Seven Madmen was first published in Argentina in 1929. Its author, Roberto Arlt (1900-42), was a disheveled Buenos Aires journalist who defiantly disregarded the rules of Spanish grammar and the finer sensibilities of critics. They in turn hooted at his work, which included four novels, two collections of stories and eight plays. The author once mordantly mimicked the typical response of his detractors: "Mr. Roberto Arlt keeps on in the same old rut: realism in the worst possible taste...
...only South American entry playing in Boston in Chile. Although the squad boasts a few well known players, principally goalie Roberto Rojas, whose acrobatic style put his team into the Olympics, the team gained their birth through the back door. South American soccer was dominated last year by Brazil, who swept through the qualifying rounds undefeated. Chile qualified for the Olympics over two other teams with identical 1-2 records by virtue of its superior scoring and defense records...
...Roberto Weinstein, a prospective engineering major at college, agrees. "It's pretty intense--especially with midterms and all--but people seem to have fun all the time...