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...Marxism: There are certain principles we have that derive from Marxism. But others derive from our own traditions, communal land ownership, for example. The Marx ists believe in it, but I don't think the Nigerians, who have nationalized their land, are Marxist...
...ballets that tap the subconscious aspirations and nightmares of their respective ethnic enclaves. In West Side Story's Dance at the Gym and Fiddler's Wedding Dance specific social customs and rituals of courtship and marriage are rethought in balletic terms. With its gingerly folk touches and communal feeling, Robbins' ballet masterpiece Dances at a Gathering carries these Broadway dances to their abstract apotheosis; in part it describes the manners and emotional bonds that unite an imaginary world often young men and women...
...captain this year, Desaulniers has the responsibility of integrating a highly individual game with communal team spirit. And although he took the fall semester off to compete as Canada's top-ranked player in the World Amateur championships in Australia, he has been on campus since the end of November, helping the squad to prepare for Princeton...
Innocent Cambodians are, as ever, caught in the crossfire. According to refugees, Vietnamese troops "liberating" a hamlet from the Khmer Rouge will customarily abolish the communal kitchens and other vestiges of Pol Pot's extremist brand of Communism and allow the citizens to elect their own leaders. The Vietnamese then move on to other villages, leaving the inhabitants defenseless against the revenge of Khmer Rouge who swoop down at night, reinstitute the communal kitchens, seize what food is available, and kill the elected leaders...
...disparity between P.R.I, proclamations and performance is nowhere more glaring than in Mexico's long heralded land redistribution program. Since the 1910 revolution, about 38 million acres have been expropriated from huge haciendas and given to 25,000 communal ejidos (peasant associations) composed of families who have occupied the land for centuries. Nevertheless, there are still 4.5 million landless campesinos. The gap is partly attributable to the fact that the rural poor are among the fastest-growing segments of Mexico's population. But the plight of the campesinos has been made worse by government support of agribusiness. Only about...