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...place. This is a book about Americans, for Americans who experienced the war vicariously. Above all, Dispatches is an effort to bring the real war into the living rooms of middle America--the war that lay underneath the technocratic camoflauge. It is not a comfortable book, but it rings true, down to the very last image of a body wrapped in green plastic, tied to a helicopter pontoon...
Unfortunately, the shortages are unlikely to ease soon. True, manufacturers are increasing their capacity. But demand has exploded far beyond even the expansion programs' ability to satiate it: some 4.7 million homes have been reinsulated this year, or three times the number a year ago, yet experts insist that the great majority of homes lack sufficient insulation. Tax incentives, desirable as they may be in theory, will only feed a demand that
...actually did so shocked even some Western diplomats. The primary U.S. condition for rejoining is that the I.L.O. get off its political soapbox, but the Administration left specific terms for renewed membership undefined. Labor Secretary F. Ray Marshall said that the U.S. would return "when the I.L.O. is again true to its proper principles"-a statement that the Administration could interpret just about any way it wants...
...Nichols thought that PIRG wanted to be funded by mandatory term bill fees from all Harvard students. This is not true...
Sarah Linsley, a junior who consistently ranked among the top runners for the team this year, said yesterday, "The competition was tough and Princeton was very strong. The whole team has worked hard all season." And she adds like a true champion. "I look forward to next year, everything will be tougher...