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...Cuba's richest landholdings, turned most into cooperatively owned ventures. Food production fell immediately, and Castro switched to the Soviet scheme of state-controlled "People's Farms." But the People's Farms are not succeeding either, and fertile Cuba faces growing shortages of every staple, from arroz to polio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Americas: The Cry for Land Reform | 7/28/1961 | See Source »

...Pete Thomas says: "You don't get anywhere by antagonizing a kid. You got to feel their feelings of anger and uncertainty, dig? That way-out feeling of wanting to hurt and not caring who. This is why I think Y.D.I, is so great-it's the arroz y habichuelas [rice and beans] the kids need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Reaching the Unreachables | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

...wife Violeta and their two-year-old son, he lives in two rooms (rent: $18 a month) in the working class barrio of Jesus del Monte. Most days Catalino comes home to a dinner of beans and rice, and Sundays, before going out to the ball game, he favors arroz con polio. But rice is almost as scarce as meat these days, and lately Violeta has filled out the meal with vegetables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Dockside Dictator | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...Raul owned a small plane in which the Reyes traveled from date to date. Raul & Eva live in a five-room apartment just off Manhattan's Central Park. Eva, very much of a homebody despite her appearance, used to make all her own clothes, cooks gigantic dinners of arroz con polio for massive gatherings of friends. The Reyes have an eight-year-old son named Angel. When asked his name, he invariably doubles up his fists, juts out his jaw and growls "Angel, wanna make somethin' of it?" Raul speaks perfect American, smokes big cigars and worries about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Raul & Eva | 4/24/1944 | See Source »

Your taste for "arroz y Gallina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Spanish Song | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

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