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...arms. On the diplomatic front, the Sandinistas were trying -- less than successfully, as it turned out -- to open a rift between the U.S. and Western Europe over the trade embargo that Washington imposed on Nicaragua earlier this month. At the same time, Nicaraguan troops were foraying along the frontier with Honduras in a continuing effort to contain anti-Sandinista contra rebels ensconced in that border region. Closer to home, yet another challenge was looming for the Sandinistas: slowly deepening resentment among many Nicaraguans against their revolutionary leadership...
...Nicaraguan government evidently feels that its military presence close to the Honduran frontier will be enough to contain the contras. But the Sandinistas do not seem to have a strategy for the domestic disenchantment that has begun to seep even into their own ranks. In Managua's Barrio Riguero slum, a stronghold of militance during the 1979 insurrection against former Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, a Sandinista activist named Maria says she remains faithful to the revolution's principles, but "life is getting harder." The main problem: "Basic necessities cost more and more, and some items are almost impossible to find...
...trend is a sobering reversal of America's long-standing love affair with a social sip or two. By 1830, when citizens were feeling their oats on the frontier, absolute alcohol consumption was 7 gal. per capita, nearly three times the present level. After the 14-year hiccup of Prohibition ended in 1933, Americans began to drink less in bars, more often in their living rooms. Cocktails became synonymous with socializing. In fact, sharing a convivial cup to promote friendship and hospitality is a tradition older than the republic. Potent stout and rum flowed at the first Thanksgiving because...
...River sounds like an unlikely marriage: Mark Twain, giant of American literature, and Roger Miller, twangy country songwriter. Twain wrote penetratingly of the time when his nation was a frontier. Miller (Dang Me, King of the Road) provides at most a wistful echo of that era, a longing for the free and easy life now that there are few byways left to wander. But the musical, featuring 17 of Miller's down-home ditties, seems utterly natural, as full of unforced charm as Huck himself...
...second phase of a three-phase pullout from Lebanon, was also greeted with relief by the Israelis. The Tyre region had been one of the most hazardous of the occupation, with roadside bombs and ambushes becoming almost routine. Israeli forces remain in a buffer zone stretching along the frontier, but they are expected to pull out altogether no later than early June. Some Israeli analysts, however, are questioning whether the military presence can be ended entirely. The betting is that the Israeli army will continue to operate on both sides of the border for some time to come...