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...taken unusually active role in collective Faculty affairs as some might have expected of a new dean. Rather, at 40, Spence is one of the youngest and, by all accounts, brightest members of the Faculty. He should, simply by dint of not being all that well known, bring a breath of fresh air to University Hall...
Israeli banks once boasted that they were "the economic oxygen of the nation." Today, however, the banks are struggling for breath along with the rest of that country's ailing economy. A bizarre financial crisis, triggered by last year's devaluation of the shekel, has shattered public confidence in Israel's lenders and forced them to slash services. With annual inflation running into three digits (190.7% in 1983), Israelis are accustomed to speculating on the government's frequent devaluations...
...they "were hidding something. "One day while driving alon the Jordanian border in the South, our tour guide mentioned that the border was very safe, and that there had been no problems with terrorists for years in that region. "Shhh," said the Ministry official on the bus, under his breath, and the two argued heatedly-in Hebrew. The official obviously didn't want those aboard to hear too much about terorism. But it was difficult. If no impossible, to hide several divisions within Israel...
...peer. Because he was a performer first, he made certain that his most complex lyrics could be delivered with ease (upon hearing Coward do Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Porter said that it was the first time he had ever heard a song delivered in one breath). Coward's broken rhythms uncannily reflect modern speech, and his rhymes are unpredictable ("The police had to send a squad car/ When Daddy got fried on vodka"). And many of his topics have actually grown more pertinent with age: "Mother requires a few more shots,/ Does it amuse the tiny mites...
...BECOME somewhat fashionable to criticize American government and, often in the same breath, democracy itself. Yet it is the same democracy American attack, which allows them the freedom to voice those criticisms. Many rightfully consider this country's from of government the hottest commodity the United States has going for it-especially those foreigners who do not enjoy the luxury of free speech and free expression...