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...there must be a tour of the society, a complete and thorough tour, says Mrs. Khalil, who, locking her hand on the visitor's arm, pushes him through corridors from section to section. He shakes hands with everybody???every secretary, every group leader. He admires the embroidery done in the sewing room, and stands in awe of the beautician training center, and congratulates everyone on the jams and pickles?all bottled there. Mrs. Khalil points out "this and this and this"?until the two of them make a full circle and return to where the little children are packed...
...sickness of the cities was a kind of heart disease; they have been dying at the center, where the great stores and great buildings and great enterprises are supposed to be. The suburban sprawl, in leeching the center city's lifeblood, was imperiling the whole urban organism. Suddenly everybody???bankers, businessmen, politicians, newspapers and civic associations of all shapes and sizes?found themselves united in a new concern for the city in a mustering of community forces unparalleled in recent times...
When the present Mexican Constitution was promulgated in 1917 it was deliberately worded in such a way as to make it constitutional for Mexicans to drive out foreign nationals?churchmen, business men, almost everybody???and to preserve the natural resources of Mexico from further foreign exploitation. Foreign nationals consider that they have "vested rights" in Mexico, after being there all these years. In a sense all "rights" are perhaps matters of usage. It is however the determination of the Mexican Nationalists to enforce their Constitution as soon as they are strong enough to do so. They consider that their ancestors...
...give away the plot, because there is nothing that could really be called a plot. But there are plenty of interesting adventures and extraordinary characters and one can recommend this story (which begins in an oculist's office with a pair of near-sighted eyes) to anybody?which means everybody???who has ever cherished a secret ambition to become a hobo...
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