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Another prominent issue, said Sullivan, is "outreach," the ability of campus gay/lesbian associations to encourage wider participation...
...attempt to place Donoso in a genre, have often compared him to Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquees. Their similarities--in subject matter and setting, for example--stem only from the aspects of Spanish colonial heritage common to Chile and Colombia The mixing of several cultures gives these writer a wider range of plausible stories, as well as a greater sense of freedom to experiment with the unlikely. But unlike Marquez, Donoso derives much of his energy from the extreme self-consciousness of his art Each time Donoso turns from one event to another, he explains that he has determined...
...another question clouds the former Vice President's future: Can he generate a wider excitement over his candidacy? While he can rouse a hallful of supporters, Mondale is diminished by television, appearing too stiff and shrill. Reagan's presence, on the other hand, is magnified by a TV screen. Still, no other Democrat has inspired much voter emotion. "This is the most passionless campaign I've ever seen," says David Nagle, chairman of Iowa's Democratic Committee. "Nobody seems to care deeply about any of the candidates." New Hampshire Democrats seem equally bored, despite the quadrennial...
Earlier this month the various Lebanese factions seemed ready to accept a formal ceasefire. This would have permitted the Lebanese government, whose present power does not even extend beyond the Beirut city limits, to expand its control to a wider area. Such a development could eventually lead to a withdrawal of the Marines and the other peacekeeping forces. At the last moment, however, Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt, who receives strong support from Syria, raised new objections and effectively scuttled the tentative agreement...
...title and an Austin, Minn., team to a national crown), Vairo assembled his four-man coaching staffand, last June in Colorado Springs, held tryouts for Sarajevo. From an original list of 250 amateurs, the coaches chose 80 top skaters. Vairo was looking for players fast enough to cover the wider Olympic rinks and adaptable to what he calls "sophisticated pond hockey"-the patient game of weaving and passing that wins Olympic medals, as opposed to the dump-and-chase, bump-and-grind National Hockey League variety...