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...although people have to deal with the pressures of modern society, a little dreaming never hurts. Through Sabine's experiences, Rohmer enables us to see what happens when the balance between reality and fantasy gets disrupted. The lightness of the film reveals an optimism about man's ability to thrive in the hectic world provided people don't get caught up in extremes as Sabine does...
Part of the plight comes from simple confusion. Once it becomes clear exactly how the food-export ban and currency controls will be enforced, business will settle down, although perhaps not thrive again. The underlying problem of the jittery Mexican peso, however, will probably remain unresolved until after Dec. 1 at least, when Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado takes over as Mexico's new President. That is a short time in the life of nations, but an eternity for beleaguered shopkeepers on both sides of the Border. -By Walter Isaacson. Reported by Sam Allis/El Paso and Cheryl Crooks/Calexico
Harvard's ivy may disappear from the walls of Lowell and Winthrop House this year, but if an Arnold Arboretum fundraising scheme is successful, it will continue to thrive in the gardens and yards of University alums...
...must have said that impulsively. She knows that option was closed a long time ago. So long as I'm President, Communism will not thrive here. But that doesn't mean you can do whatever you want to do, hurt the Philippines as much as you want, and still hold the Philippines. You may just lose the Philippines-if, for instance, the Philippines were to follow a policy of neutrality. It doesn't necessarily have to join up with the Soviet Union or the People's Republic of China...
Such shamelessness leaves fair-minded Hanoverians only one option--ignore The Review. Don't write letters, don't carry signs. The paper seems to thrive on the angered responses it provokes. It relishes mocking protesters. But that only means that The Review has invited itself out of meaningful campus debate. By not honoring The Review with its protests. Dartmouth students can give the paper the exclusion it so richly deserves. And maybe when The Review truly becomes a voice crying out in the wilderness, its stupidity will stand out in sharper relief. Maybe that's what Dartmouth's Black students...