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...others who depend upon them. Consider, for example, the hyped-up physician who told Clance about his long battle to keep his fears under control. "It was wearing me out pretending to be a doctor," he confided. He eventually realized that his unfounded obsession with imminent failure had driven him to nervous exhaustion, adversely affecting his marriage and his friendships...
...South African government's violent attempts to control black political dissent [WORLD, July 29] are doomed to failure. Ultimately the young black militants will be driven into the arms of the Communists, who will provide these angry and frustrated revolutionaries with guerrilla training and weapons. Then the bloodbath will really start. James Snowden Long Beach, Calif...
...faster rate than that of the elderly, many seniors are forging what some call a "partnership of the vulnerable," which child advocates say could be a model for other Sun Belt states. "People don't realize the extent to which kids' advocacy in this state is being driven by seniors," says Roy Miller, director of the private Florida Children's Campaign in Tallahassee. "They're tired of being labeled as the group that says no to kids...
...soon became clear, though, that everyone else had got there first; foreign investors, mostly from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, have driven up prices at an astonishing rate. One promising complex was the Summit: it's well located, solidly built by a reputable foreign developer (a key consideration in a city where many buildings fall apart), and has all the trappings an expat might want, from indoor pool to cigar room. The trouble was, the asking price for a large three-bedroom had doubled in two years to about $800,000?perhaps a third of what it would cost...
That’s because issues of class remain much more explicit around the world than in the ambition-driven U.S. At Harvard, the ever-present gap between the prepschoolers in their BMWs and the aid recipients who worry about paying off loans remains under the surface. But just because we’re the leader in financial aid programs doesn’t mean we can’t do more to change our culture and push forward an agenda of equal opportunity (one way to start would be to give financial aid students complete funding for study abroad...