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...incident in Quepos provides a hint of the reach of a multitentacled narcotics conspiracy that has grown into one of the hemisphere's most pernicious forces. Capitalizing on the seemingly insatiable appetite for drugs in the U.S., Latin America's cocaine and marijuana czars have extended the scope and volume of their operations well beyond what Southeast and West Asia's more established opium lords ever dreamed of. Greasing palms and, when necessary, using the gun, the drug barons have spawned corruption from Bolivia to the Bahamas, and in more than one country are threatening to supplant elected government...
More troubling than the vast scope of Lee's subject matter are his stylistic vacillations. At times, Daze is a Scorsese-type realistic exploration of Black life. Then Lee will abruptly change gears from a conflict scene a la Scorsese's Mean Streets into jazzy, upbeat musical numbers that could have been lifted from Little Shop of Horrors...
...while we agree that it is important to periodically examine the quality and scope of the services provided by UHS, it is unfortunate that this week's survey will leave little room for more specific complaints about the treatment delivered by UHS. The survey's statistical focus will evaluate the different kinds of care offered by UHS, rather than the quality of care as told by personal anecdotes. And with the steady stream of student dissatisfaction with campus health care, UHS should pay more attention to complaints on a continual basis, not just at survey time...
...book, which is the first novel by the prolific creator of the New Journalism school of writing, is ultimately a story of character, not plot. While the scope of Bonfire is as disparate as the five boroughs, the themes are precise: personal ambition, egotism--Vanity...
...book of almost unbounded scope, Kennedy follows the sweep of diplomatic-military history from the dynastic struggles of 16th century Europe to the superpower competition of today. Kennedy's tale of the rise and fall of Great Powers is an uncontroversial one which relies heavily on other historians' interpretations. But Kennedy has created a broad synthetical framework to establish the "dynamic of change" involving military strength and economic capacity in world politics. While this link has been written on extensively by numerous scholars, The Rise and Fall is already an influential new book simply because it forcefully documents the importance...