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...children stand in bare feet in the straw of the barn, and like me, listen quietly to the elders discussing important matters. I wonder if the boys next to me, dressed like their father in white shirts, black pants and suspenders, will be able to withstand the encroachment of the modern world as well as their parents...
...That question is asked with fear and frustration in Bogota. As long as cocaine trafficking is so profitable, someone is willing to kill, or die, for it. Says a U.S. narcotics expert: "Colombia is winning the war, but I wonder whether its economic and political structure can withstand the long-term commitment." The signs are discouraging. In Medellin a small boy kicking a ball around a field built by Escobar called him a hero: "To me he's more important than God." The crop of tomorrow's would-be drug lords is as abundant as the marketplace of users...
Dianna Stallone, the guild's legal counsel,told the Council that the prohibition was toobroad to withstand a challenge in the courts...
...University must seek these individuals. Now, we must share his confidence that a Black woman will withstand scrutiny from the academic community. There should be no doubt in anyone's mind that this as yet unidentified woman will be hired more because of her credentials than her color...
What the supporters cannot explain is how Venice could withstand an invasion of up to 500,000 visitors a day -- five times the city's capacity, according to the opponents' estimates. Even without the Expo, Italian tourism will reach record levels by the turn of the century: 2000 is a Holy Year, when tourists will flock to Rome, while Milan may be serving as host for the Summer Olympics. To spread out the traffic, Expo organizers propose holding their fair from January to April -- just when the canals most frequently overflow their banks. Argues Cesare De Michelis: "The idea...