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...giants of Communism no longer seriously bothered to conceal the extent of their quarrel, but in a curious, ritualistic way, they continued to insult by proxy. Each directed its heaviest invective against the rival's hangers-on and harassed those hapless party figures who symbolized the opposing ideological camps...
...Price Loaf. One of the trickiest issues had been how to finance the Common Market's proposed new fund for agricultural supports. The French wanted a sliding system that would have put the heaviest burden on Germany; the Germans wanted a fixed assessment. On this issue, the Germans had their way. On other issues, notably price, they had to retreat...
...than adapt them to the currency.* The British have seven separate coins, ranging from the halfpenny (pronounced haypenny) through the half crown, which is worth 35?; and next to the stone cartwheels used for coins on the Pacific island of Yap, they are almost certainly the world's heaviest. Since the lowest-value folding money is the 10-shilling note, which has a U.S. value of $1.40, Britons stagger under the weight of small change they must carry; the four pennies needed to make a phone call alone weigh...
Some recruits are volunteers, but many are kidnaped into service or forced to join for fear of reprisals against their families. Viet Cong "taxes" are extorted from the population, with the heaviest share falling on landlords and plantation owners, who often pay tribute to save their lands from devastation. Assassination is a favored Viet Cong tactic, directed mostly against government officials, schoolteachers, village chiefs and their wives and children. Businessmen and the rich are seized and held for ransom...
...Mexico believe that the Tularosa Basin is ideal for a major spaceport. In its northern sector is a vast, bare alkali flat with 100 sq. mi. of almost perfectly level surface, made chiefly of gypsum (natural plaster of Paris), which is firm enough to support the world's heaviest aircraft. Most of the basin's few inhabitants are already connected with military space activities and are eager to see the region regain the importance that Canaveral took away from it. Even the small cities beyond the basin's rim are not frightened by the possibility...