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Granieri's strategy has increasingly focused on conservatism as an intellectual pursuit. When Granieri returns from a Rotary Scholarship in Germany next year, he plans to attend graduate school in American history. Here again, Granieri envisions himself as a lonely crusader. He rejects the idea that conservatives should shun academia because it is irrevocably lost to liberals. Granieri is unlikely to win many friends through his intention to pursue his interest in diplomatic and military history--fields which have come under attack in recent decades by historians who have turned to social history which is held to be less elitist...
...ranging from ambassadorial appointments to terrorism. "You can speak your opinion now and be certain it will be heard," says Deputy Minister Anatoli Adamishin. "Even my subordinates can express disagreement with my views. In fact, criticism is better received than words of praise." Unlike James Baker, Shevardnadze does not shun career officials in favor of a small clutch of aides; as a Soviet diplomat puts it, he "prefers to go directly to the specialist without regard to rank...
...accord with their rigorous faith, the clean-cut singers perform no non- Christian material onstage and book no secular dates after sundown each Friday because of their church's Jewish-style Sabbath observance. They shun alcohol and tobacco and try to maintain daily devotionals and to give one- tenth of their income to the church...
...behind in the polls is the Democratic Convergence, a left-wing coalition. Its candidate, Guillermo Ungo, a leader of the rebel movement's political arm, has called openly for a dialogue with the F.M.L.N. While the guerrillas officially shun the elections as a farce, some strategists believe Ungo's participation may be useful. Explains Hector Silva, a spokesman for one of the parties in the Convergence: "Ungo knows he can't win. But with him running, how to end the war becomes part of the campaign debate...
Despite a pledge to shun negative campaigning between now and the election, Bush also stayed on the attack, warning that Dukakis "wants to torpedo the prosperity we've worked so hard to achieve...