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They camp on doorsteps, in schoolyards, in cemeteries, in fields so crowded that people sleep standing up. Men and women search for fresh water only to find a thick, slimy brew so fouled by human waste that it does more to spread disease than quench thirst. For miles around, the trees have been disappearing, fed into pitiful cooking fires. If the refugees could burn corpses, there would be fuel enough for weeks...
Barely a step above the denizens of the streets are those who haunt Moscow's hard-luck flea markets. At these outdoor bazaars, the bottom of the city's economic food chain -- mainly pensioners who brew "tea" with shredded carrots and can't remember the last time they bought a new scrap of clothing -- peddle their household goods to pay for tomorrow's potatoes. A short stroll from Moscow's Kiev train station, the sidewalks teem with faucets, shower fittings, cartons of milk, boxes of laundry powder, lamps, washbasins, doorknobs, frying pans, toothpaste, glue, string and old pairs of shoes...
Thank you for reporting on the people who are stirring up a witches' brew of vilification against the Clintons ((POLITICS, April 11)). The despicable actions of these hatemongers, whether motivated by greed, jealousy or revenge, threaten the well-being of the U.S. In these difficult times our nation desperately needs the great leadership that President Clinton is able to provide. Let us pray that he and his wonderful wife survive and succeed in spite of these sharks...
...roommate took a his torical studies classon the white plague," says Laura M. Brew '95, areligion concentrator. "I think it is sad thatwhen she graduates her entire knowledge of historywill be confined to tuberculosis...
Anyone concerned with the future of literature and art in America should be repelled by that witch's brew of hypocrisy and sanctimony called "political correctness," which as poisoned the professional life of elite colleges and universities. If there is to be a spiritual and intellectual revival, the students must do it. The academic establishment, paralyzed by cronyism, greed and moral cowardice, incapable of reforming itself...