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Though you may have come to Cambridge resigned to spend the summer studying unthrilling subjects like accounting or the British novel, a stray glance or two may tempt you towards a more ecletic offering. After all, some mundane classes are offered year after year, but this may be your only chance to take, say, Engl S-193, "New York and the American Imagination...
...should be "radical changes" in Chile's government. Such changes are unlikely until at least 1989, when Pinochet's 1980 constitution calls for the four-man military junta to choose a candidate for President, subject to public approval in a yes-or-no referendum. The current unrest, however, may tempt Pinochet to scrap even that small step toward democracy. "In the next weeks," predicts Orlando Saenz, a Chilean industrialist, "Pinochet could well declare that present conditions make 1989 impossible." If that happens, the tense standoff between the government and the opposition may turn ugly...
...week it had dropped to about $12. Because oil price declines can take 40 to 90 days to work their way through to the pump, the impact of lower-cost crude is just beginning to be felt. Some experts are predicting 60 cents gas for the summer, which may tempt a lot of people to polish up the old T-Bird and have some...
Well, Gwen and Alma find a taker--the overripe harem head, Celia Lips (Ty Christopher Warren), who's constantly looking for new blood with which to tempt the timid Sultan Battery the Ever-Ready (Jon Tolins), who's got, well, women problems...
...will not be clear for days or perhaps weeks how the U.S. will react. Until now the Geneva negotiations have been paralyzed. During the arid summer round, one U.S. representative told his Soviet counterpart, "Go ahead, tempt us. Make us an offer we can't refuse." Now Moscow appears to be trying to do just that. Further, the Soviets' move on the diplomatic chessboard will strengthen their argument that the summit can and should produce results. Reagan, on bidding Shevardnadze farewell, acknowledged that the visit had produced "progress" but declined to characterize it. Shultz, while saying that Reagan...