Word: breads
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...projects when world copper prices peaked in early 1974, he led the nation to the edge of bankruptcy. Zaïre's copper travels 43 days from Shaba mines to Congo River ports on rickety Victorian-era railways and barges reminiscent of the African Queen. Swollen prices of bread, rice and other staples have led to widespread discontent...
...Secretly. There will be other religious rites in Belmonte this week, observed not in church and public square but behind the closed doors of private homes. About 100 families who are officially parishioners at Holy Family will secretly eat pão ázimo (unleavened bread), but only beginning on the third day of Passover so that no neighbor can see them baking it on the traditional day of preparation. One morning before the other villagers are awake, to avoid detection, the secret worshipers will steal down to the bank of the Zezere River. There they will beat the waters...
...uniforms consisting of white blouses and black trousers and wearing the red bandannas of the Pioneer Communist Youth Organization, marched around the cage. Three off-duty soldiers in green pith helmets looked on with amusement, while two women street cleaners in conical hats and surgical masks busily swept away bread crumbs that passers-by had thrown to the birds...
...startling revelation the other day: I found out that bread crumbs cost more than bread...
...concern union members. Its failure to work closely with union officials in choosing a mediator has only resulted in the delay of contract negotiations that could, if prolonged, persuade the union to give in on the moral issue as the only means of achieving a quick settlement of the bread-and-butter questions of pay and benefits. Such a development would give short shrift to an important union grievance, and only serve to exacerbate an already difficult situation. While the temptation to avoid the reorganization question might be great, the University should give more credence to all the union...