Word: seem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...symposium stems largely from ourfrustration with many development groups. Manyexperts seem to feel they have a very clear'strategy' for dealing with the world's poor,"Ahmad said. "In our experience the issues arequite complex...
WHILE THEIR alliance may seem odd, the position both sides rally around is perfectly defensible and not all that new. However, the rub is that theirs is a purely philosophical argument, the direct result of their reflections upon human nature and notions of individuality: What is a woman? they ask. Is she first and foremost an autonomous individual, a member of a sex or a constituent part of a broader community...
...biggest risk may be Fox's uphill battle to stay in business. Many industry observers question the new venture's timing. The three networks' share of the over-all TV audience has dropped sharply, and advertising revenues are stagnant. Cutbacks, not expansion, seem the order of the day. "I don't see the logic of what Fox is doing," says CBS Entertainment President Bud Grant. "There may not be enough of an audience or sufficient advertising revenue to support three networks, let alone four...
Since his own views seem largely unchanged by what he encounters, the tourist is unlikely to change the views of his readers. Those who share his assumptions will be reassured by his brief; those who do not will be outraged by it. His book is most compelling when he leaves politics behind to examine the Caribbean-flavored Atlantic coast. There, old black women shake their hips to reggae rhythms, and a dreadlocked poet reflects, during an incessant downpour, "In the old days, if Somoza told the rain to stop, it stopped. I don't know what's wrong with these...
Indeed, many administrators, while upset at the disturbing trend, seem puzzled about why it is happening and are not sure what to do about it. Though the number of black students has been dropping in many schools, that alone does not explain black frustration. Columbia, for example, claims an 11% enrollment of black undergraduates, a steady ten-year increase and among the highest of old-line private colleges. Said President Michael Sovern: "We thought we had left no doubt that racial harassment is never acceptable, least of all at Columbia...