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Word: lombaro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...members of the middle class. To help workers who are unable to cash their paychecks, the government is selling so-called dignity bags of rice, beans and other staples at a discount from regular prices. The crisis has brought relatively little new hardship for the poor, so far. Hereberto Lombaro, 33, says he makes about $20 a day selling fruit-flavored ices from a pushcart. "I don't care what the Americans do," he says, grinning up at the cloudless sky. "As long as it stays hot, I'll have customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short On Cash, Long on Coping | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

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