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...even a semblance of political harmony to the deeply divided country. As the end of the hard-fought, two-month presidential campaign drew near (see following story), the front runners in the race were José Napoleón Duarte, 58, of the center-left Christian Democrats (P.D.C.) and Roberto d'Aubuisson, 40, leader of the ultrarightist Republican Nationalist Alliance, known as ARENA. Trailing behind, according to the country's unreliable opinion polls, was the only other possible winner, Francisco José Guerrero, 58, leader of the right-of-center National Conciliation Party (P.C.N...
...status symbol, and Salvadorans laugh at the many parvenus who buy them not out of fear for the guerrillas but because of a desire to seem important. Most of the residents support the ultraright ARENA party, and the majority campaign actively for the candidacy of Major Roberto d'Aubuisson...
...trickle down from the trendy heights? The one who seems least curious is Sottsass. "We are not designing for eternity. For me obsolescence is just the sugar of life." With the orders picking up in Milan, the immediate future of Memphis looks sweet indeed. -By J.D. Reed. Reported by Roberto Suro/Milan
...sharp alternatives, the choice of leaders before the Salvadorans is by no means clear. After four years of internecine conflict and 50,000 deaths, the people of El Salvador desperately desire order and a halt to the bloodletting. Voters may be tempted then to choose the toughest-talking candidate, Roberto d'Aubuisson, the reactionary leader of the National Republican Alliance and a man linked at least indirectly to the right wing death squads...
Shultz, who has shown flashes of temper in recent months, listened with increasing impatience as Illinois Democrat Sidney Yates joined the assault. He read aloud part of a New York Times story reporting that a former high military official in El Salvador had named Roberto d'Aubuisson, the right-wing candidate for President in the March 25 election, as a leading figure in the death squads that have been murdering civilians. "How many killers have been brought to trial?" Yates asked. Shultz could not cite one, but argued that the murders had decreased in number. If death-squad activity...