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...Sonora were drowned in blood so that their lands, fertile and rich in minerals, could be sold without an unpleasantness to various U.S. capitalists ... On the Andean slopes near Bogota, the Indian peon must still give a day's work without pay to get the hacendado's permission to farm his own plot on moonlit nights...
...fairly quickly learn that when they finally run out of options, it is time to sell the family farm...
...awash with booze, boas, and bared backs as cross-dressed students and spectators gathered to celebrate Drag Night, an annual event hosted by the Harvard Queer Students and Allies. The event featured drag musical artists as varied as mermaid “Fishy Snatch” and farm-boy “Oliver Heart,” both of whose stage names have been used in lieu of their real names for this article to protect their privacy. Consistent with the drag tradition, their performances offered a departure from gender normativity perhaps unfamiliar to the average Harvard undergraduate...
...last few years, taking fewer roles to spend time on his Australian farm with his wife and son, Crowe has had mixed results as a box-office lure. American Gangster, where he was second-billed to Denzel Washington, was a hit; Body of Lies, with Crowe supporting Leonardo Di Caprio, was a flop. State of Play (a flat, unenticing title for what means to be a smart, pounding thriller) may have one of those twisty plots that mass audiences think will make their heads hurt; they'll watch it in a few months at home...
Third: remember your base - a big reason for Gandhi's appearance at the farm-belt rally. The rural poor still make up the vast majority of voters, and no party can win a general election without their support. Gandhi spoke to several thousand Congress supporters in Bhatinda, a small town dominated by mango, kinnow and guava orchards in the heart of rural Punjab. He trumpeted the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, a welfare scheme for the poor that offers a minimum of 100 days of paid work to one person per family per year, and boasted about the Congress Party...