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...UNDERDOGS (149 pp.)-Mariano Azuela-Signet...
...they accumulate, the letters tell of the life and hard times of Mariano Zarate, a small-time Carmine DeSapio, jailed earlier this year for sanctioning the lynching of several witches. A contented politician who controls jobs and favors, Mariano has consistently opposed the schools, medical centers, and agricultural improvements sponsored by the federal government. His political opponent, Antonio Lopes, not only argues for the modern reforms but proved instrumental in sending Mariano to jail...
...field studies program meets such questions with intelligence and humility. And perhaps one of Professor Vogt's new applicants (applications are due at 8 Bow Street by the end of the month) will be able to explain the latest narrative in Dominago's wondrous narrative: Mariano Zarate, recently released, has returned to power in the Zinacantan municipio...
...printing of specific articles. Liberalism is also being pushed in the economic field; the Minister of Industry is cutting away at the red tape that makes it all but impossible for private companies to get established or to expand in some fields; Commerce Minister Alberto Ullastres and Finance Minister Mariano Navarro Rubio have worked to loosen Spain's traditional restrictions on imports and exchange...
...real move was made to protect the Indian until 1910, when the government asked Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon. an army communications officer, to make peace with the tribes along a projected telegraph route through the jungle. Moved and angered by the Indians' tragic lot, Rondon established the Indian Protection Service, inspired his men to live up to the service's creed: "Die If You Must. But Never Kill." One of them, a Brazilian of German extraction named Harold Shult?, heroically applied this principle after a brave of the Xavante tribe, furious because Shultz had no gift...