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...were frequent. Now a more equitable social structure in the countryside has allowed peasants to increase productivity several times over. Better education for peasants has improved agricultural techniques; cooperative ventures have multiplied the number of irrigation networks; the elimination of large farms with owners who let their fields lie fallow to produce artificial shortages, has meant that natural disasters no longer mean starvation for millions. Now, the country feeds everyone who lives--which cannot be said of any Third World country trying to develop on a capitalist model...
...Fallows has traveled far--geographically and professionally--since he left Harvard with a two-year Rhodes Scholarship and an impressive start in journalism highlighted by frequent publication in national, large-circulation magazines. But far more striking than these travels are Fallow's political sojurns. While seven years ago he served as president of The Crimson during its most radical era, Fallows is now taking a sabbatical from writing about politics to serve as one of the chief speechwriters for Democratic presidential contender Jimmy Carter...
...Fallow's political awakening parallelled immersion in The Crimson, which he headed during 1969, the year of the occupation and bust at University Hall and the year the newspaper called editorially for the victory of the National Liberation Front in Vietnam. Looking back at his actions during the late sixties, Fallows believes the most profound change in his character since his graduation has been acquiring an ability to accept the human decency of individuals who he believes are guilty of indecent acts. "It always came as somewhat of a surprise back in those days to see that people you thought...
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...calls his farm) keeps growing; no sooner is someone hired to do the actual work around the place than he is seduced by the "crackle of civilized conversation" inside the house and becomes a bedded and bored member of the Brown commune. As identity crises follow, the fields lie fallow. Meanwhile, Bumpers worries lest his consistently ineffectual advice will brand him not just a quack but "a quack manqu...