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...Fernando Schwalb Ambassador of Peru...
...Fernando Ed, 35, paced in the balmy California night air and totted up the rewards of being a successful farmer. They included two Porsches, a Datsun, three four-wheel-drive pickup trucks, a redwood home perched on a hilltop in Northern California, a three-bedroom house with an outdoor Jacuzzi near the beach in Los Angeles and a custom-built vacation hideaway in Hawaii. Then he opened up a plastic bag and pinched out a sample of the crop that has made his fortune of nearly $1 million: marijuana...
...Fernando Ed, it seems, is no isolated case. Today illegally grown pot is the nation's fourth largest cash crop. Law-enforcement officials insist that it ranks just behind corn, soybeans and wheat in market value. Last year's marijuana harvest had an estimated street value of $8.5 billion; in each of more than 30 states, law-defying entrepreneurs produced crops worth at least $100 million at retail. California's harvest, worth an almost unbelievable but reasonably documented $1.5 billion at retail, led the list. Hawaii was second; its $750 million crop rivaled the sugar-cane...
...that so many people voted. Despite fears of a low voter turnout, approximately 77% of Mexico's 31.6 million registered voters cast ballots. The relatively high level of voter participation is mainly credited to vigorous efforts of all parties to get their supporters to the ballot box. Said Fernando Marina Janet, president of the Mexico City Chamber of Commerce: "By voting, [the people] decided to continue along the democratic path...
THREE CAREERS best exemplify the painful transformation baseball has experienced in the past decade. The first is that of Fernando Valenzuela. This young pitcher rose quickly in the major leagues, making the All Star Team and capturing the Cy Young Award in 1981. The following year, he held out for a month, demanding an incredibly lucrative salary. Lost was a certain care-free, play-for-the-fun-of-it innocence...