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...When the leaders of a people commit treason," shouted Piñar, "the people with the force of right and the right of force should prevent themselves from continually being gagged, blamed, spat on, impoverished and murdered!" Lest anyone fail to get the message, Piñar told a news conference, "The situation in Spain justifies a national insurrection." The rally ended peacefully enough, but to supporters of Spain's fledgling democracy, the calls for an uprising reverberated frighteningly...
...affect its purchasing power at home, and the Saudis pay for imports and foreign investments not with riyals but with the dollars they get from oil sales. Indeed, the Saudis let few riyals out of the country; they do not want the riyal to become an international currency, lest its value be set by speculators and other money traders. Authorities have kept the formula by which they peg the riyal's value a deep secret. A London bank once set its computers to work trying to calculate the formula, to see whether and how it was related...
...Perhaps because some dreams are better left alone lest they shatter at a touch and lose their magic in becoming real. This movie does just that to Tolkien. But that won't stop anyone from turning out the second half of Bakshi's tour de force. Once the Ring took control of its possessor, nothing could stop him from wanting more and more, even if the ultimate result was for the worst. Hollywood has the Ring now, and the business of perversion proceeds as Tolkien might have predicted. "...In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows...
Even before last week's measures. Carter's political advisers were worried lest the new economic line alienate supporters on the President's left. Consumerist leaders, for example, are most unhappy about the prospect that regulation might be relaxed. The anti-inflation, save-the-dollar effort might well stir discontent among low-income voters, who may see it as pro-business (though a recession would hurt business sales and profits). Yet Vice President Walter Mondale reported to a final meeting Tuesday night that he had found deep and growing concern around the country about the dollar's plight, so that...
...feeding stations cannot save all the desert's endangered species; only the more aggressive carnivores will use them. Officials must also avoid leaving too much food, lest the animals stop fending for themselves. Still, the program seems to be succeeding. Recent estimates by the authority show a healthy increase in the populations of all 13 species that use the stations...