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...spite of technical difficulties, the organizers of Saturday's Cultural Rhythms Festival really put on a show. The Harvard Foundation, which footed the bill for the first-time event, deserves credit for taking a small step toward "improving race relations on campus" and a large one toward improving its own relations--much criticized in the past--with minority student groups...
...Contra army of terrified peasants and ex-Somocista national guardsmen has created economic havoc for the Sandinistas but are far from causing their removal. For the last six years under the auspices of the CIA and the Argentine military, Contras have bombed ports, bridges, and petroleum tanks. But in spite of these measures, they have not captured a single town in the country. Their two-year-old front along Nicaragua's Southern border has collapsed, and most of the 15,000 guerillas have scattered in retreat...
...coming will be like chopping off your hand." Pennsylvania Democrat William Gray, chairman of the House Budget Committee, spoke even more gorily to the New York Times of "the amputation of both arms in 1987," and Senator Gary Hart of Colorado predicted, "We will cut off our nose to spite the deficit...
...have been told that it is Harvard's fault that these men are homeless, since Harvard's expansion in the area has pushed many out of their homes. I do not know the facts of this, but I believe that even in spite of this rationalization, there should be proper facilities to take care of the homeless--facilities that do not endanger the safety of anyone. It is up to Harvard whether or not to support these facilities as a community service (which I personally would like to see them do). However, Leverett House alone should not be expected...
...take Maria. Maria is smart, clever, volatile, funny, mischievous, a real piece of work. She would have us believe that she does not realize that she loves her father in spite of his awful behavior, but she does realize that. She does not need to be taught to love him, so in that she is playing a sort of game by pretending her love is a secret we all must disclose. But Maria does need to learn to live at peace with the world, because in temperament she is very much like her father. That's her real problem...