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Work for Begun consisted of knotting the rope into cargo nets, a job chosen mainly for its monotony. "The norm was eight nets a day, and those who met the norm might get one or two rubles a month to spend on sugar or fat from the prison store." Begun says he never made more than one net a day. "To do no work at all is extremely provocative, and punishment is severe. To do a single net is another matter. I did only one a day as a matter of principle...
...daily norm for meat in prison is officially 40 grams ((1.4 oz.))," Begun said. "But if there is a shortage of meat in Moscow, you can imagine what it is like in Chistopol prison. I never saw any meat." He guffawed when asked if he ever got fruit or cheese. "I never saw an apple. I never saw an egg. I never saw cheese. They gave milk only to very sick prisoners, one glass a day." Begun occasionally got milk, following hunger strikes that he had started to support demands for better treatment. "I went on a hunger strike near...
Perisano sees VCRs as the wave of the future. "They're becoming the norm rather than an exception as an appliance in American households...
...former Harvard professor is an astute analyst of demographic trends, and these days he is frightened by what he sees: the nation's median family income is hovering at the same level it was 17 years ago, the stable two-parent family is becoming the exception rather than the norm, and 12 million children are growing up in poverty and with inadequate training for the job market. If the U.S. does not take drastic action soon, he warns, "then we will have demonstrated an incapacity which could weaken American society in a way that nothing else ever could...
...Galbraith episode, an oft repeated piece offolklore, sounded the acquiescent tone which hasbecome the norm for the Board...