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...garimpeiros. They're individualists. Many were small farmers. They know this is the chance of a lifetime." On yet another level, official price controls wiped out the barracao, with the government trucking in 40 tons of food and other supplies a week. Says one garimpeiro, "This is the cheapest place in the country...
...Cher. Even looks a little like her, but not much. That ragged punk haircut, hardly any sequins and not one costume change. But by the time each hard-rocking set was half over, word had rippled back from the front rows to the poor souls clutching binoculars in the cheapest seats: the lead guitarist was former Boz Scaggs Musician Les Dudek. So? So Les is well known among rock groupies as the latest man in the life of the ex-wife of Sonny Bono and Gregg Allman and ex-love of Gene Simmons of Kiss. So? So, looks aside...
...become the favorite of expense account auditors. New York City is only eighth on the list at $708 for a two-day visit, while Chicago ($570) and San Francisco ($567) rank 15th and 16th. The cheapest of the cities surveyed is Lima, Peru ($265). A hotel room costs just $60 a night, four theater tickets run to $12 and cigarettes are only 69? a pack. The low cost might just attract more businessmen into the llama import trade...
Lord Killanin hinted last week that had more nations tried harder to apply other forms of pressure on the Soviets, notably trade sanctions, the I.O.C. might have taken a different line on the Moscow Games. "But the cheapest and easiest way to bring pressure to bear was to ask sportsmen to make the sacrifice," he scolded. "Athletes are defenseless against pressures of one sort or another. Governments must find solutions in other arenas outside that of the Olympic stadium...
...Turner and I come from different worlds," Schorr said. Comparing Turner with CBS president William S. Paley, he said Turner built his communications empire on the "cheapest and tawdriest kinds of entertainment," noting that Paley had begun with shows carrying Jack Benny and Bing Crosby...