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Friends eulogize Duarte as the man who, as one close adviser put it, "started a process, a tendency toward democracy." Detractors, such as Jesuit scholar Ignacio Martin Baro, assert that "history will remember Duarte as the President who mortgaged the sovereignty of his country to the Americans." Duarte may best be remembered, however, as the leader who could not live up to his own best intentions...
...every violent crime reported in big cities. By 1988 there were about 3.2 reported serious crimes for each cop nationwide. In large cities the ratio is even worse -- so bad, in fact, that . many police departments lack the manpower to respond to all 911 calls. The Police Corps would put cops where they are most needed: on the street. Because rookies begin their careers on patrol, it is estimated that the number of beat pounders could increase...
Recusal does not discourage curiosity. On the contrary, it allows curiosity to breathe and put down roots. It clears some of the junk out of the garden, pulls up a few weeds. In my garden, I say, weed out the Trumps. You may choose to cultivate the Trumps. Let a hundred flowers bloom...
...Enola Gay, shorn of its wings, its long fuselage in two parts, commands center stage in this singular historical drama. There is something spiritual and awesome about walking up to the silver flank with the stencil that was put on a few days after the B-29's famous mission: FIRST ATOMIC BOMB, HIROSHIMA...
Executive producer Vin Di Bona, who got the idea for America's Funniest Home Videos from a popular Japanese TV show (from which he culls some clips), had to put ads in TV Guide and People magazine to solicit tapes for his first special last November. Now submissions are pouring in at the rate of up to 2,000 a day. The tapes are screened by an overworked staff of 15. Though labor-intensive, the show is a relative bargain to produce: even after giving away a $10,000 prize for the best scene each week, the program costs less...