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...extent of the grain shortfall to its readers, newspapers have been full of revealing stories. Farmers have been exhorted to get crops in as fast as possible, before they are drowned by rain. Warnings have been issued against waste. A front-page editorial in Pravda denounced excess eating of bread. Evening Moscow cited World War II Veteran N. Semenov's complaint that "it is impossible to stand by indifferently when you see how many dried-up pieces of bread are being thrown...
...sounds and sweet airs. In their midst, jugglers hurl batons, mimes mime, clowns pratfall and dancers soar. At one time or another, the sounds of jazz, Mozart, marching bands, rock, Rodgers, Bach, bagpipes and bouzouki fill the air. The air is filled, too, with the fragrances of fresh-baked bread, cheeses, chocolate, roasting coffee beans, crepes, French fries, fruit, sausage, seafood, soul food, souvlaki, spices and herbs...
...precarious year of labor unrest and political change. About 100 trucks, buses and taxis wound their way through downtown Warsaw early last week. The vehicles in the convoy were draped with red and white national flags and banners proclaiming A HUNGRY NATION CAN EAT ITS BOSSES and GIVE US BREAD. Then, suddenly, traffic policemen halted the lead drivers as they approached the Communist Party's gray stone headquarters on Jerozolimskie Avenue...
Supporters brought flowers, bread and drinks to the drivers, some of whom took off their shirts to bask in the August sun. Organizers from the Solidarity labor union handed out leaflets, and comedians entertained the growing crowd. Using a sound system borrowed from a jazz club, Solidarity leaders turned a flatbed truck into an impromptu stage, from which they denounced the government's failure to remedy the food situation...
...ingenuity if not in splendor by the celebrations surrounding them. Angus Henry, 25, a freelance caterer, and Gwyn Jenkins, 25, an interior designer, set up hard by Buckingham Palace with a television, three cases of sparkling white wine, masses of duck pate, a crate of salmon sandwiches, French bread, orange juice and a large black umbrella. They threw a party right there for 50 friends, and on the wedding morning Angus changed into a morning suit. All along the wedding route, spectators wrapped themselves in flags and youths painted the Union Jack on their faces. Others sang the old patriotic...