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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Between his family and his lieutenants, Somoza has managed to totally manipulate the political and economic affairs of the nation. Elections are fixed. Somoza's corruption infects the business community. Military people occupy high places in government, and government contracts mysteriously go to family business. The key to business success in Nicaragua, observes one Harvard Latin American expert, is a Somoza family connection, and businessmen who lack one are "banging their heads up against a brick wall." But despite the corruption, the chief objection to the abuses of the Somoza regime has been aimed at its brutal...

Author: By Bob Grady, | Title: Nicaragua: The Opposition Mounts | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

...other armed forces in Latin America. Moreover, American dollars flow through international institutions such as the World Bank and the Harvard Business School's INCAE program and banks into the hands of the Somoza government and family businesses. However admirable the developmental aims of these institutions, their financial success depends on stability, and therefore implicitly, on Somoza...

Author: By Bob Grady, | Title: Nicaragua: The Opposition Mounts | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

Freshmen seem to be meeting with slightly more success in-choosing rooming groups. A. Frank Gelardan '81 said, "For a while now it's been kind of obvious who would stay together and who wouldn...

Author: By Jeffrey L. Saver, | Title: Freshmen Begin Thinking About Choice of Houses | 2/17/1978 | See Source »

Outrageous! Only Woody Allen at his best could outdo some of the one-liners in Richard Benner's brilliant comedy about a female impersonator's rise to stardom and the whacked-out woman behind his success. Craig Russell's unabashedly gay hairdresser has graced us with a character we will not soon forget, completely stealing the show in the movie's plot and the movie itself. His series of famed singers and actresses belting out "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" will bring down any house, so carefully honed are his Channings and Ellas. Co-star Hollis McLaren...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swell Dames and Death Wishes | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

Sure enough, the staid and stodgy crowd sang along--coat-and-tied respectables and young hipsters alike. The kind of involvement and interest Pippin demands from its audience is a credit to the play's success...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Worrying About Time | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

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