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They are mostly young, mostly decked out in denim, and they are hopeful that they can influence the political system. There were more than 10,000 of them at a kickoff rally in Providence, a meager 2,500 in more conservative Indianapolis, then an impressive 25,000 last week in a sports arena in Bloomington, Minn. Their attitude was expressed in exaggerated form at Indianapolis in the plaint of Folk Singer Phil Ochs: "Here's to the land you've torn out the heart of;/Richard Nixon, find yourself another country to be part...
Running Out. As usual, money was a problem, even though some surprisingly large sums came from individual donors. To cut costs, as well as keep the operation on a grass-roots level, Davis set up 14 regional offices for recruitment and training. Much of the meager treasury was expended on an ambitious propaganda project, a 30-minute color film titled Time Is Running Out, narrated by Folk Singer Joni Mitchell. The film was shown from campus to campus, accompanied by the distribution of thousands of leaflets...
...general economic slump. West Pakistan is hurt in other ways, too, by East Pakistan's economic collapse. In normal times East Pakistan's jute industry earns nearly half the whole country's foreign exchange; now it lies idle, and the rest of the East's meager industry and transportation facilities have sustained almost complete disruption. West Pakistan will need to find funds to help the Eastern half get started again...
...burden of his own obligations during his entire life. As a younger man, he worked as an accountant at a railway factory (he gave lectures during lunch hour); now, as prime mover and Guru of Ananda Marga, he and his family refuse all gifts and live instead on the meager profits from his cheaply printed books...
...hard Western currency. They always pay their bills in convertible currencies, often Swiss francs. The money comes from the sale abroad of Chinese foodstuffs, textiles, flashlights, bicycles and other small manufactured goods. The customers who supply the cash are mostly in Asia, and they gladly dip into their own meager reserves. "Frankly," says a Republic of Singapore trade official, "the Chinese goods help dampen inflation here because they're so cheap...