Word: meats
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...earl, a passionate gambler, dislikes rising from the gaming table for the sake of a meal, so he has devised the practice of placing a slice of meat between two pieces of bread, a dish sometimes known as a "sandwich...
Peeling Paint. Because of the traffic disruption, the food-rich Central Highlands are short of flour, sugar and salt, while fresh fruit, meat and vegetables are on sale in Luanda (pop. 400,000) only three days a week. Long lines form for everything from bread and cigarettes to beer and bottled cooking gas. Three of every four buses in Luanda have been sidelined for lack of spare parts, and only about 20 taxis (of a prewar fleet of 600) are still operating...
...There is a need for sacrifices," Peggio says. "But it is unacceptable that they be borne disproportionately by working people." The P.C.I, is vague in describing these sacrifices, but they might include curbs on meat imports, higher taxes on certain consumer goods, and steep price hikes for such basic services as transportation and electricity. The Communists are afraid to advocate the one policy that many economists consider essential if Italy is to bring down its 25% annual inflation rate, namely, British-style wage restraints (see following story). The Communists also claim to be in the best position to reason with...
...diners in the Soviet Union, 1976 is turning into the Year of the Fish. In past weeks signs have sprouted outside restorany and stolovye (cafeteria-style eateries) across the country, warning customers that meat will not be served one day out of seven. Moscow insists that the campaign will "improve the food pattern" of Soviet citizens. In fact, the Kremlin has been forced to scale down meat consumption because of a growing shortage-the direct result of last year's disastrous grain harvest...
...course, the Kremlin admits to no such thing. Soviet officials refuse to describe the nonoptional table d'hôte as an austerity program at all. Since the meat from restaurants-in Moscow, 300 tons a day, or 17% of the city's consumption-goes on sale in the marketplace instead, an official claims that "one can speak of 'saving' only allegorically." Figurative or not, the change probably shocks few Russians, who are already accustomed to periodic shortages in everything from onions to matches to soap...