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...government to aid Marxist guerrillas in El Salvador and other neighboring countries. For that reason, Washington in January decided to suspend some $15 million in promised U.S. aid to Nicaragua. That was possibly an unwise decision, since it reinforced Sandinista charges that the Reagan Administration is merely out to ruin the country. In their recent statements, both Haig and Meese have ruled out unilateral U.S. military intervention in Nicaragua as an antidote to the flow of arms, but they have ruled out little else. Both officials, in fact, have said that a naval blockade of Nicaragua or other drastic measures...
...less than three years, Iran's tumultuous revolution has spawned a staggering array of problems: civil violence, war with Iraq, economic ruin, international isolation. Yet, however untidy their methods, the country's ruling clergymen seemed united in their dedication to establish an Islamic republic. Now, apparently, that solidarity is vanishing, if indeed it ever existed in the first place. Having ruthlessly eliminated their secular opponents, the mullahs have lately turned on each other, arguing over everything from the sacred (Islamic law) to the profane (the spoils of political power...
...despite a relatively comfortable street income, Meyreles has decided it's time to move on. "It's time to kind of bring it indoors, I can't sing forever in the streets 'cause I don't want to ruin my voice. I don't pace myself. If my voice is going to die out, then I want to make sure it dies out at least having given me a chance to try and get a better position in my field." What kind of position? "Like Madison Square Garden," he says with big eyes, and then a stacatto laugh...
Polsinello, the fourth sophomore quarterback Harvard has seen this year, completed nine of 13 passes for 117 yards, and, despite his inexperience, didn't let a 10-0 deficit ruin his afternoon...
...Loved Me (Science Center): Sexist violence. You remember which Bond this one was--Barbara Bach, the Pyramids, Jaws--ah, you remember now. Here, let me ruin the beginning for you: he has a parachute...