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While there can be no guarantee that the proposed assembly will be able to convince the Faculty and the administration to yield to it, the government, at the very least, would be able to speak for students as a whole and thereby undercut the all-too-frequent justification for completely ignoring student opinion: "We didn't know what students wanted so we made the decision ourselves." The proposed Constitution is a blueprint for a highly responsive student government--provisions for recall of officers, frequent polling of student opinion, grass-roots meetings between representatives and their constituents, student initiative of referendums...
Testifying last week before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance warned that "failure to proceed with the sales will seriously undercut the American role in the peace process and raise grave doubts about U.S. readiness to work with moderate governments in the region." General David Jones, acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, assured the committee that the F-15s would be equipped for defense. Israel, he insisted, would be in greater danger if Saudi Arabia turned to France for Mirage Fl fighters, which are better suited for ground attack...
Such an ironic twist breathes fresh air into a few of the stories, especially when Schorer uses his imagery not to undercut his heroes with satire but to heighten the intensity of their momentary fulfillment...
...appearance of the author himself on the scene saves the reader from boredom. The unusual method of interspersing autobiographical pieces between short stories unifies the book with a chronological thread. Schorer's own life story is so much more original than that of his characters that it seems to undercut the complacent atmosphere of the short stories more effectively than the author's satire...
While there can be no guarantee that the proposed assembly will be able to convince the Faculty and administration to yield to it, the government, at the very least, would be able to speak for students as a whole and thereby undercut the all-too-frequent justification for completely ignoring student opinion: "We didn't know what students wanted so we made the decision ourselves." The proposed Constitution is a blueprint for a highly responsive student government--provisions for recall of officers, frequent polling of student opinion, grass-roots meetings between representatives and their constituents, student initiative of referendums binding...