EXPOSING ITALY'S COMMUNIST HERO The Ghost of Palmiro Togliatti By Silvio f. Senigallia Rome A critical reappraisal of Palmiro Togliatti, the legendary leader of the Italian Communist...
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COLOR ME ORANGE Socialist Surrealism in Poland BY ANNA HUSARSKA Almost a century ago, Alfred Jarry planted the seed for the Theater of the Absurd with Ubu Roi, a play that "takes place...
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THE STRUGGLE AGAINST NORIEGA Faxing the News into Panama By Ron Chepesiuk Davidson, N.C. From Tins tiny, picturesque college town, a 38-year-old professor is waging war against a...
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Countdown '88 THE POLITICS OF PERCEPTION BY GUS TYLER Both George Bush and Michael S. Dukakis know that Presidents are elected not because of what they are but because of what the voters...
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States of the Union BUZZINGS IN THE BERKSHIRES BY RICHARD J. MARGOLIS Otis, Mass. I am sitting in a field of classical daisies—spongy gold centers, silken white perimeters—that fronts the...
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The Dismal Science EYEING THE SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS BY GEORGE P. BROCKWAY The Social Security system is again in the news. Maybe"still" rather than "again." A decade or so ago a radio...
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Writers & Writing EDWARDIAN LIVES BY PHOEBE PETTINGELL In literary circles the term "Edwardian" conjures up expectations of atart, amusingnovel, a sparkling memoir, or perhaps a volume of...
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Land of Beauty and Barbarity Guatemala: Eternal Spring, Eternal Tyranny By Jean-Marie Simon Norton. 256 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by Seiden Rodman Author, "South America of the Poets," "The...
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Travails of a Tireless Traveler Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China By Paul Theroux Putnam. 480pp. $21.95. Reviewed by Timothy Tung Associate professor, librarian of Chinese...
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On Dance SUMMER SHRIEKS AND SHTICKS BY LAURA A. JACOBS A man attired in military blue and red, shoulders thrown back, hands gripping imaginary reins, performs a high Spanish trot in a...
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