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...last try at a negotiated settlement. Abandoning negotiations, warned Social Democrat M.P. David Owen, the Foreign Secretary in the last Labor government, would mean "abandoning the U.N. charter, Britain's friends and allies, and, even more important, Britain's moral authority on the issue." Senior Labor M.P. Roy Hattersley predicted "a permanent state of siege" in the Falklands and disclosed that "all sensible people know there has to be some accommodation with the Argentines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Falkland Islands: Caught in the Fallout | 6/14/1982 | See Source »

...with rugby, they always try to show you a good time," he explains. Roberts' four years with Harvard's intrepid ruggers--he was president of the team this year--have bred a spirit of confidence and happy abandon around him that lets everyone know, without question, that Roy is going to be a big success. This fall Roberts will take his show on the road to Hollywood, where he will "try to get involved in some sort of entertainment, preferably film." Having worked on four years of Hasty Pudding and Kirkland House shows, he wants to produce motion pictures...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: Bundles of Roy | 6/10/1982 | See Source »

...Roy Roberts has dozens of stories to tell about the Harvard rugby club...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: Bundles of Roy | 6/10/1982 | See Source »

...spirit and confidence Roberts exudes, along with his substantial build (he resembles Alley Oop), have earned him an unwanted nickname--Bundles. "He brings a lot of joy to everyone, so we call him Bundles of Roy for every girl and boy," explains Green...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: Bundles of Roy | 6/10/1982 | See Source »

...Advocates of the program fear that D'Aubuisson will quietly try to sabotage it. Leaders of two large campesino organizations charge that since the election, thousands of peasants have been illegally evicted from their plots by landowners who are frequently backed by paramilitary forces and local police. Says Roy Prosterman, a U.S. law professor who was a consultant on El Salvador's agrarian reforms: "There is currently a popular expression in the assembly, 'Land reform is fine, but it has to be perfected.' Many of us fear that that is a code word for 'destroyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: The Promise of Dignity | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

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