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...cannot go into an organization, five one-third of the work force, drive up to the guardrail of bankruptcy, and pretend that nothing has happened," Drummond explained, adding that he worries that NPR's shows will he affected by "the primal scare that has been dealt the stall in the past two weeks...
...decidedly rambling course. When the delegates found points of agreement, they held plenary sessions several times a week; when they did not, they met only to adjourn. Deliberations were limited by the fact that the conference operated by consensus. The objections of any one country were often enough to stall negotiations. Last year the Madrid conference held no sessions between February and November because of Western concern over the imposition of martial law in Poland. As a senior U.S. diplomat put it, "It's the only kind of international court we have in which to drag the Soviets into...
...family myth. This musing, brooding, backward-looking novel, the author's first, summons up scenes of middle-aged women huddling over coffee across a kitchen table, talking in murmurs not always audible. It recalls the memorable time when Katie, who must have been about ten, wriggled under the stall door at the railway station bathroom. "Anne tried to pull her back, then went after her, only she was heavier and got stuck halfway and Katie was kicking her shoulder. When Jenny came with the dime, they couldn't get the door open, with Anne wedged under it, Katie...
...tribe more formidable than any single member. The novel's effective but highly unusual narrative voice reflects this collective consciousness. Scenes are related by "we," never by "I." When the reader notices this he may try to isolate a single speaker by elimination: Katie has crawled under the stall door, Anne is wedged there, and Jenny is looking for a dime, so it must be Celia. But no, we have established that it is not Celia. The speaker stays hidden, and her stubborn use of the first person plural makes the point that she and the others moved about...
Volcker must be careful, though, because his actions will ripple through the world economy. Developing countries such as Mexico and Brazil are still staggering under their enormous foreign debt load. If U.S. interest rates rise enough to stall global economic growth, debtor nations could conceivably go into default and trigger a banking crisis. Says William Mason, who heads an investment advisory service in Los Angeles: "An aborted recovery would be not only a national disaster, but an international disaster as well. Volcker understands that...