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What to take: A pair of good boots are an absolute must--particularly on the granite slab of the High Sierras. Other essentials are a warm sleeping bag, insect repellent, a canteen (don't trust that there'll be water everywhere), and if you're in the East, a light tent and rain poncho (afternoon showers are common, and there is nothing worse than hiking in wet clothes). The cardinal rule, however, is travel light. As an experienced backpacker said, "Put everything you think is absolutely essential in one pile, then take half of that...
...brought on behalf of a handful of stockholders. The suit charges, among other things, that Henry Ford, who scarcely needs money: 1) pocketed $2 million from the "highest officials of the Philippines government" in exchange for building a stamping plant in the islands; and 2) took $750,000 from Canteen Corp. in return for a food concession at Ford plants...
...allocaion should substitute for price increases to hold down demand. The administration now approaches the idea of allocation-rationing very warily, insisting that it is only a last resort. This is roughly analogous to rationing water in a desert when there's only a few drops left in the canteen. The time for rationing is earlier on, before the supplies are gone. If an equitable, and not necessarily severe, program of rationing coupled with price controls were instituted it would achieve conservation without drastic inflationary effects. Rationing would spread the burden more evenly over all segments of society. Price increases...
Another problem the visitors faced was the almost theatrical performance that took place whenever they requested interviews with ordinary Cambodians. A scene of uncomfortable-looking workers feasting sumptuously in a factory canteen was described even by the sympathetic Caldwell as "a charade." On other occasions a searching question by the Americans would elicit a long response in Khmer that would then be interpreted by the accompanying official as "I don't know." Phnom-Penh, said Dudman, had "the eerie quiet of a dead place-a Hiroshima without the destruction, a Pompeii without the ashes ... My first impression was that...
Though actors worked hard for the national morale and propaganda effort, the Garden of Allah life does not appear to have been greatly curtailed. The West Coast version of Stage Door Canteen took place at Cole Porter's house, where "he always had a few soldiers who had no place to go." Bogart did his part in the Coast Guard. Once a week he cruised the coastline off Balboa, keeping an eye peeled for the Japanese. Never have...