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...other places. A Spin-a-Pin six-lane bowling center, a few 7-11s, and the remnants of a destroyed drive-in movie screen torn up by a tornado while Gone With the Wind was playing, said Jilly. It's that kind of town. Sixteen churches, a tiny one-room newspaper and a loan office. The head shark, as fate would have it, is Penny's daddy. Everyone in the county owed him money at one time or another. So whether or not he was well liked, the strings of influence were everywhere...
...mountains through which we slipped into the Katmandu Valley." He has since reported on coronations of two other Himalayan monarchs, the Kings of Bhutan and Sikkim. Over the years, the Shangri-la quality of the mountain kingdoms has been diminished by the encroachment of Western civilization. "The one-room thatch shack that was the airport building at Katmandu's Gauchar Airport is long gone," Shepherd reports, "and the red brick complex that replaced it even has a duty-free shop." Communications, too, have improved, and the remote monarchies have learned the uses of American-style public relations. On this...
...rent increase from $84 to $92 on Seidman's one-room apartment in sunny but seedy East Hollywood almost totally negated the latest increase in his $230-a-month Social Security check. Climbing costs have purged cottage cheese from his meatless diet (he suffers from a cardiovascular disorder and subsists on nuts, grains, fruits and beans). Despite Medicare, Seidman has had to dip into his savings to cover medical bills. He recently paid $700 for dental work and $140 for a pair of special orthopedic shoes, and fears that he will have to make another withdrawal to cover some...
Officials blame much of the epidemic on the primitive conditions in Bihar. The state, which has a population of more than 60 million, is one of India's most backward. Ninety percent of its people live in villages that are little more than clusters of one-room mud huts. The people are largely illiterate, and some are afraid to report the disease for fear they will be socially ostracized and deprived of their jobs. "Some of these people would sooner travel 100 miles to a temple of Shitala to pray to her to spare their children than report...
...Currier House, one-room singles were converted to "economy doubles" complete with a bunk bed, two desks, a bureau and a small closet. One student said she had sent half her clothes home because of the insufficient space...