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Professor of Chemistry Dudley Herschbach sayspost-modernist theory seems to be somewhatself-contradictory. "It seems to be a sort ofnihilistic thing," he says. "[Post-modernisttheory] is like explaining to a farmer that hedoesn't know what...
Moreover, since the opening of the farmer's markets last October, there has been a flurry of economic activity even within the moribund peso-driven sector of the economy. One such place is the Marianao farmer's market, in a drab workers' suburb of Havana, where customers seem to be complaining about high prices--but are still buying. A vendor named Jorge is doing a brisk trade in his homemade marinade of vinegar, garlic, onion, salt and cumin. ``I used to teach language at the university,'' he explains. ``But I was making only 325 pesos a month. Life is very...
...farmer for 18 years, Somphong got into the business of raising tigers after buying four of them from the Chiang Mai Zoo in 1990. Since then he has bred the females twice a year. He admits that his long-term goal is to persuade Thai authorities to allow him to breed tigers and sell their parts, after they die naturally, to medicine makers. A traditional-medicine specialist from Xian, China, is already seeing patients at the farm, which doubles as a clinic. So far, the Thai authorities are dead set against raising tigers for medical use. ``They hope we will...
...this scatological elaboration and royal competition takes place on a simple yet beautifully filmed backdrop of British ambiance. George in short nightshirt alternates scenes with George as the ultimate redcoat, palace rooms give way to country hills ("Farmer" George admires the breeding of pigs), and Handel's Water Music evokes the century's mood...
...across the hardscrabble state, federal largesse is being ladled out with a generous hand. In the dusty mountain village of San Miguel de Ocosingo, farmer Jacinto Mendoza Lorenzo proudly displays a pair of brand new, apple-green John Deere tractors parked in front of his thatched hut. The vehicles were purchased by Mendoza's ejido, or communal farm, on easy-credit terms arranged by the government. Gazing at the precious tractors, Mendoza says, ``We're interested in working, and the government seems to be interested in helping us do that...