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Mowerites know the advantages of anonymity. We have the highest per capita consumption of alcohol in the Yard. Since the Harvard police cannot find us, we basically have carte blanche when it comes to booze. Our parties have been known to get out of hand at times. (We have received several warnings from the Freshman Dean's Office about our "gatherings...
...time of the election, Nicaragua's per-capita income had declined from a pre-revolution level of $964 to about $300. Inflation had peaked at around 36,000 percent. Staple crops such as rice and beans, once exported, were in short supply by last year. Corporations were taxed at a flat 50 percent rate, which helped fuel a general capital flight from the country...
This is not to say that the picture was rosy in pre-revolutionary Nicaragua. Although there may have been a relatively more stable economy and a higher per-capita income, wealth was concentrated in the hands of the Somozistas and the ruling elite that backed Somoza's corrupt and repressive regime. But the ten years of Sandinista rule undeniably increased the overall poverty of the country. This was what Chamorro--in Washington this week to plead for more aid--has pledged to reverse. This is what she has failed...
...tiny (pop. 925) village of Serris, many of whose resident are elderly or retired, is bracing itself for the arrival of Euro Disneyland nearby. Says Mayor Philippe Mancel: "One realizes it's a lost cause to be against Euro Disneyland. Once Disney starts paying taxes, on a per capita basis, Serris will be one of the richest villages in France...
Ireland is one of the most educated nations in the world. Its literacy rate is an astounding 99 percent, which puts the United States to shame. Ireland also outranks the U.S. in health care. They have more hospital beds per capita. Its infant mortality rate is the lowest in the world--six deaths per 1000 births. Compare that figure to the United States' rate of 10 deaths per 1000 births...