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...detest fundamentalism and communalism," Nasrin announces in her preface, and that is about as subtle as Shame ever gets. Even though they have lived there for generations, the Duttas seem to have dropped into Bangladesh from Mars, so alien does the specter of sectarian violence from neighboring Muslims strike them. "Why was his motherland turning her back on him?" Suranjan wonders, lolling in bed. Only Nilanjana displays some apprehension of reality: "She was thinking that no one seemed to realize that something had to be done before something awful happened to all of them...
...vote of 64-31, the Senate dumped a proposal by Arlen Specter, R.-Pa., that would have required President Clinton to get Congress's O.K. before invading Haiti -- just two days after all 100 Senators backed an opposite resolution. Even many invasion opponents concede that tying the Chief Executive's hands is unconstitutional...
...even "Ah'll be bakh" as one of the all-time famous one-liners. But that doesn't mean that "Speed" isn't up there with the memorable action movies. Reeves should stick to the action genre rather than trying to be a serious actor. The specter of Ted has been banished in "Speed," but it's always lurking around, waiting to return...
...wake of World War II, the specter of inflation loomed over the American economy. And as every (now unemployed) Soviet economist can tell you the best response to such pressures is to institute wage-price controls, which is what the US did. Deprived of the ability to lure workers by raising money wages, businesses exploited a loophole in the controls: fringe benefits, such as health insurance, were not subject to the wage controls. In lieu of raising wages, employers added health insurance to compensation of effectively raise wages to attract the workforce they desired...
...group of voters who may constitute nearly 17% of the national electorate. In any case, party moderates have not had much success in reversing the tide. "The people on the far right are much more interested, much more determined, much more motivated, than the centrists," says Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who 18 months ago helped organize the Republican Majority Coalition, a now dormant alliance of centrists...