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In fact, the system of government has become dominated by conservatives, for a time at least; but to take 1980 as proof that the nation as well has shifted irrevocably right is to ignore the election's simple numbers and its circumstances. Reagan's sweeping electoral victory translates to a...
After five months of decline, which brought the rise in consumer prices down from a peak of 18.2% in January, February and March to 8.7% in August, the inflation, rate did a power turn in September and hurtled right back up into double digits. During the month, prices rose by...
Of course, a method in the apparent madness of supporting and condoning the Marcos regime does exist. The Philippines has two strategic air bases vital to U.S. military capability in the region. For this reason, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown reportedly circulated a letter in the Senate advising that the...
CHAPTER ONE. Raymond La Scola, 61, a well-to-do Malibu pediatrician and hypnotist, in 1976 buys the Los Angeles house of Buddhist Monk Ariya Dhamma Thera, 74, and his arthritic wife Georgia, 84. Thera, whose mother was Indian and father half-Scottish, was born Benjamin Martin Marshall in Bombay...
Frelich has none of the anger and bitterness of Sarah, the character she plays, but she does share Sarah's pride and her belief that the world of silence is as rich and worthwhile as the world of sound. Frelich also has Sarah's dependence on her hearing...