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Three prints--which Goya titles simply, "No Quieren" (They Don't Want To), "Tampoco" (Nor Those), and "Ni Por Esas" (Neither Do These)--show the brutality with which the victorious French raped the Spanish women. Figures in the shadows only hint at the viciousness, but an arc of Goya's light illuminates a half-naked woman being dragged by a French soldier away from the body of her screaming child...
Working in a joint program called NORPAX (for North Pacific Experiment), Russian and American scientists are making new discoveries about ocean currents. Among their findings: the periodic invasion of a warm southerly water flow off South America called El Niño, which recently had all but wiped out Peru's valuable anchovy harvest, is apparently linked to the great north equatorial countercurrent that sweeps from the Philippines to Central America. British and American scientists have been taking part in a similar study in the Atlantic, concentrating on the mysteries of undersea eddies, or storms. Meanwhile, oceanographers aboard...
...contrast, the crowds in France were modest and the candidates lethargic. Socialist Mitterrand, for instance, spent part of the week at rallies in the rural departments of Nièvre and Saône-et-Loire southeast of Paris, where he is already well known as mayor of the town of Château-Chinon, president of Nièvre's departmental council and "our Deputy" in the National Assembly. "This is his fief," said one peasant in the farming town of Montsauche (pop. 850). "Around here he is simply known as Fran...
...presidency, a member who took money from two candidates was called a Nikka in the vernacular of the day: a Suntory took it from three, and an Old Parr was a foxy fellow who took it from all four. Nikka and Suntory are the brand names of Japanese whiskies. Ni means two, sun means three. Imported Old Parr is simply a prestigious brand...
...that without America, there would be no Ray Charles. That sends her into a swivet. "Ray Charles?" she screeches. "You gonna find Ray Charles? He in America?" "Damn right," says Chris. After writing him out a traveler's check so that he can buy the Pinta, the Niña and the Santa Maria at the Army & Navy Store, a zonked-out Isabel announces to the crowd at the dock: "Chris goin' to America on that boat. Chris goin' to find Ray Charles...