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...threat to stability is internal, not external. Any number of events-the emergence of another Biko, an unforeseen economic downturn that would send black workers into the streets, harassment of a symbolic figure like Bishop Tutu - could spark further civil disorder...
...otherwise will occur gradually, and the incorporation of minorities that seems likely to occur even more slowly. Based on the beated debate over small steps in that direction, like the minority and women faculty study that provoked such sharp disagreement this winter, such issues seem likely to continue to spark controversy indefinitely...
Marc relates that the coaching made him stay with the sport. "McCurdy has made quite an impression on me--as I'm sure he has on all those who ran for him, especially as a freshman. Although he has lost a little spark he has more than made up for it with the spirit he produces and the spunk he has in his manner--Don't ever bet him beers in a race...
Ever since the defeat of their self-described "final offensive" last winter and their failure to spark a civilian uprising, El Salvador's leftist guerrillas have been thought to be under control. But in some parts of the country regrouped leftists have come back with a vengeance. Profiting from the painful lessons of last winter's setbacks, they are now conducting a classic war of attrition, inflicting heavy casualties on Salvadoran troops and avoiding serious losses themselves...
...spark for the late-week recovery came from Washington as the White House, increasingly alarmed about the disarray in financial markets, tried to restore confidence among moneymen. President Reagan abruptly abandoned his pledge to spare Social Security retirement payments from the budget ax; he proposed reductions in old-age and other benefits that will trim Social Security payouts by 10% and shave $46 billion in the next five years. Lawrence Kudlow, chief economist at the Office of Management and Budget, promised that more spending cuts and deferrals were on the way and hinted that the Administration might scale back slightly...