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In fact, by past Filipino standards, the vote was remarkably free of bloodshed or fraud. The independent election-watchdog organization NAMFREL counted only 40 voting irregularities in more than 86,000 polling stations scattered throughout the country. Even more striking, despite the recent breakdown in negotiations between the Communist rebels...
How? By FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and that...
The two trains were traveling on parallel tracks that merged to cross the Gunpowder River bridge north of Baltimore. Amtrak's twelve-car Washington-to- Boston Colonial, carrying 616 passengers, was speeding along at 105 m.p.h. or more. A Conrail train, consisting of three engines, was headed for Harrisburg, Pa...
Each fall for the past several years, Chinese students have flexed their political muscle in scattered protests. In September 1985 several hundred Peking students marched to Tiananmen Square, ostensibly to protest Japan's growing role in the Chinese economy, but also to attack corruption and nepotism among China's ruling...
In the past, black children have generally been neglected by publishers, but this year brings two outstanding compensations. In Cherries and Cherry Pits (Greenwillow; $11.75), Vera B. Williams introduces Bidemmi, a gifted young black girl who draws a world of apartments and subway stops and ghetto / streets. With her felt...