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...exporting chopsticks to, of all places, Japan. The new company will produce the sticks from the area's abundant aspen trees. Projected first-year revenues: up to $8 million. Lakewood has presold its first five years of production to three Japanese restaurant suppliers, who have been unable to obtain enough sticks from Asian manufacturers. Japan's demand for the disposable chopsticks is nearly insatiable: 20 billion pairs a year...
...takes a lot of work to develop a free government. This kind of drive has very long-term ramifications," Vilikazi said. "We hope the students will utilize the skills or knowledge they obtain in a future free South Africa...
...trade. A key step in this direction came earlier this year when the Albanian stretch of a 40-mile rail link, for freight trains only, was opened between the town of Shkoder and the Yugoslav city of Titograd. The Albanians have also made deals with West European firms to obtain factory and telecommunications equipment, as well as diesel trucks...
...Salvadoran banker: "The poor are a lot less afraid of Communism than the wealthy, and it is the poor who are suffering." U.S. policymakers are mindful of that assessment. To counter the implicit threat, Duarte, whose government is reportedly plagued by low-level official corruption, must not only obtain additional money and political support abroad, but also somehow revive the stalled peace talks to regain public confidence. Even those steps may not be enough. A genuinely brave man who most believe represents the best hope for democracy in El Salvador, Duarte may still be up to the task...
...better to write an earnest indictment of anti- Semitism for a magazine. Now, almost 40 years later, comes Mark Watson (C. Thomas Howell), overdosing on tanning pills and learning what it feels like to be black. But Mark is no gentleman: short of funds, he is out to obtain a scholarship to Harvard Law School intended for a black student. And the only agreement the filmmakers have reached is to aim for safe mediocrity...