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...cried the retired military veterans and civil servants, who expected to get a 3% cost of living increase in their pensions Jan. 1 but did not. Not us, cried the farmer organizations, whose hard-pressed members expected $20 billion in subsidies this year and now see that harvest shriveling. Not us, cried the operators of the New York City subways, who have no hope of keeping fares at $1 if they lose their subsidy of $550 million. Not us, cried the Nicaraguan contras, who got only $27 million in "nonmilitary" aid last year and now want $100 million, with...
...N.P.A. presence grows, so does its level of activity. Is a local landlord demanding too high a percentage of his tenant farmers' harvest? The offender is ordered to reduce his take. If he refuses, he is executed. Is a village drunk harassing the peasant population? He is warned to reform, and if no improvement is noted he is shot. Is a local official corrupt? He too is killed. All the while, the guerrillas distribute food and help with the farming. For some, this image of the N.P.A. as a band of benign vigilantes takes hold. But for many others...
...studying the legislature, Merculieff saysshe is learning skills she would use if shedecides to become a lobbyist on behalf of her homeisland's seal harvest, replacing the currentnon-Aleut lobbyists. Merculieff will be the firstperson from her town of 500 to get a mastersdegree and she says that she hopes to provide arole model for the youth and women of hercommunity to continue their education...
...record--but consider the source. The words are those of Cuban President Fidel Castro, whose Communist regime has expelled bishops and priests, eliminated church schools, made it difficult for practicing Christians to get government jobs and even discouraged the observance of Christmas because it impeded the sugar- cane harvest. Pronouncements on faith, however, surface regularly in Fidel and Religion: Conversations with Friar Betto, just published in Cuba with Castro's own imprimatur. It is proving to be an instant hit: when the 379-page volume went on sale in Havana bookstores three weeks ago, lines of purchasers stretched for blocks...
Most of the clothes are ceremonial, although the occasion does not have to be grand. Some of the most elegant dresses are of indigo cotton, appliqued with gold, made to be worn during India's harvest festival in the late fall, when the dark of the sky is deepest. There are social nuances in every garment, highborn or not. A man's white cotton overblouse can be tied in 58 ways, each with its own social connotation. The knots at the waist of a courtesan's skirt could be so intricate that only she could undo them: fashion...