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...course, everyone knows that occasional preferential treatment is inescapable; but when the beneficiary is a white male, we have a way of assuming that the basic ability exists, that in time the ambitious go-getter will grow into his unearned station. Even when qualifications are so slight (witness Dan Quayle) as to make a presumption of merit difficult, we tend to see the incident as an aberration in a system that by and large works the way it should...
...cleanest candidate with a chance of winning the election, though a slight one, is Ronald Carey, president of a United Parcel Service local in Queens, N.Y. Carey is widely regarded as a reformer running with a small power base and a shoestring campaign chest of $300,000. "The others have access to all the Teamster resources," he gripes. "They could raise $1 million in one day if they needed to. They think they're in a corporate country club...
...many other illnesses, and in later stages it can escalate to arthritis, meningitis, neurological damage and sometimes physical debility and racking pain. Some 30,000 cases had been reported in the U.S. by the end of last year. From 1986 through 1989, reported cases doubled each year, and a slight drop last year (7,995 cases, from 8,551 the year before) may reflect only a change in reporting criteria...
Given the disparate agendas of all the factions, the prospects for putting together an enduring government within a month are slight. The chances that Ethiopia will then proceed to build a true democracy are slimmer still. The country has no history of democracy, and the forces that now espouse it are only recent converts. While the factions in authority today may prove more progressive and able than the antiquated regime they replaced, peace and democracy remain distant goals. The Kalashnikov is sure to have its place in Ethiopia for some time to come...
During his freshman year, Barringer made the varsity squad, but had only a slight taste of playing time. His appetite had been whetted in his few appearances in the big time...