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...become a tolerable mixture of good and bad. The harsh rule that followed the '67 coup has largely lifted; political arrests have declined, martial law has been eased, and military courts hear fewer cases. Price increases on staples have been held down by government fiat, and per capita income has almost tripled in the past twelve years as a result of heavy tax-revenue investments in industry, farming, shipping and tourism...
Everyone here seems to have this deadly fascination with motion, whizzing around on bicycles, dune buggies, motorcycles, skis, boats, surfboards, waves, cars. The town has more cars per capita than any other place, more freeway miles and car dealers. Its dealers, even retired ones like Ralph Williams, are celebrities. "People here will go without food for their cars," a West Hollywood Jaguar repairman told me. It used to be said that some people did that for their children...
...demand for full disclosure of Harvard's operating budget. Only a close look at Harvard's financial records could clearly explain--or belie--the alleged need to raise tuition 5200 yearly the rationale behind cutbacks in spending for the Houses, and the reasons for the considerable inequities in per capita spending for students in the natural sciences as opposed to the social sciences and humanities. There is no reason to accept the administration's word on such policies. Opening Harvard's books is the necessary first step in opening up the decision making process itself...
...profits, many outside investors-looking for the tax advantages that farming can offer-put their money into eggs. Early last year a new vaccine was swiftly eliminating Mareks disease, an affliction that used to wipe out 15% to 20% of the nation's hens every year. Besides, per capita egg consumption has remained virtually static at little more than 300 per person a year...
...Virginia Slims Ms., the romping Salem couple and all the rest of the cigarette-selling gang have appeared on U.S. television. Yet the hopes of health authorities that a tar-free screen might help cut down on cigarette consumption have gone up in, well, a puff of smoke. Per capita use of cigarettes in 1971, at 132.4 packs, stayed just about on a par with that of other recent years, and total cigarette sales increased by a solid...