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...Cuba. Basically, Havana is turning increasingly large chunks of the economy over to the military. Although it is rare to see uniformed soldiers on the street, Raul's troops are involved in every aspect of the economy, from running plants to planting food. The general has plugged military men loyal to him -- some retired, some still active -- into influential positions. Professional soldiers who once earned battle medals as mercenaries in Angola and Ethiopia are now assigned to repair city pipelines, build tourist hotels and direct industrial production. Generals are donning civilian clothes to run quasi-private corporations, from tourist hotels...
...this is to use the armed forces so you can have a modicum of control," says Phyllis Greene Walker, a research associate who follows the Cuban military for the University of Miami's North-South Center in Washington. The army, she notes, is the one institution still intensely loyal to the Castros...
...Foley's newfound energy, it is far from clear that he will win back enough voters by Election Day. Loyal Democrats in the district are demoralized. If the election were held today, even Foley's advisers admit that he stands a good chance of being washed away in the national anti-insider tide. Says Seattle pollster Stuart Elway: "People in the Fifth District have the loudest voice in America if they want to see some changes in Congress, or to send a message to Congress." True enough, admits a Foley campaign strategist, but he warns: "It would be the most...
Because lobbying for a university like Harvard is fraught with difficulties, loyal Congressional allies are especially important...
...precedent remains to be seen. Not many other workers have been pressed as hard as those in Buick City, nor are many as strategically placed to cripple their company's nationwide production by walking out. On the other hand, says Sinai, companies counting on their workers to be loyal may be in for a surprise: "Why would there be loyalty, given the way corporations have dealt with their workers over the past four or five years? At the first chance that workers have, they'll go looking for better jobs...