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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dreben, in general, likens his administrative duties to those of "a glorified clerk." His appearance seems to bear out this characterization. Short and balding at 56 years of age. Dreben sits behind a huge desk in his Emerson Hall office, surrounded by swarms of paper, manuscripts and envelopes--many of...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: 'A Socratic Gadfly' | 4/18/1984 | See Source »

The basis of the commission's elaborate preparations was a $3.4 million computer system purchased with U.S. funds. Officials programmed the computer with painstaking care, matching the national ID number of every potential Salvadoran voter with 6,598 polling tables at locations around the country. The procedure was considered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: Heading For a Runoff | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

But the desire for a stamped identity card simply can't explain why so many Salvadorans would go so far and wait so long to vote when simple excuses--guerilla intimidation or bureaucratice confusion--could always explain an abstention. And most importantly, the voters had a clear choice: they could...

Author: By Per H. Jebsen, | Title: Too Many Vietnams | 4/5/1984 | See Source »

Washington has gone to great lengths to ensure that balloting in the seven-man presidential race will be honest and efficient. The U.S. Agency for International Development has spent $3.4 million, part of which was used to help the Salvadorans install an elaborate Wang computer system that can tabulate results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: Making Martial Noises | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

Be sure to inform your letter writer of the deadline for the receipt of letters of recommendation. Request your letter two to four weeks ahead of the deadline, if possible. Provide stamped, addressed envelopes for the letter and a written note stating the deadline and to whom the letter should...

Author: By Martha P. Leape, | Title: Letters of Recommendation | 3/6/1984 | See Source »

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