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As for citrus, the bruiser has been import liberalization. In 1988 Canberra relaxed tariffs on a variety of products, enabling Brazilian oranges to capture 20% of the domestic market. Australia's 167,000 farmers protested that such imports were heavily subsidized by foreign governments. But Canberra remains committed to free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australia Slaughter Down Under | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

Not all campus dining halls are quite as Christian-oriented as the Union. Some houses do have Hannukah decorations in their dining halls. Quincy House displays a cardboard cut-out menorah. Dunster has a real one. The Winthrop House Christmas tree is bedecked with dreidels and Stars of David.

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Is Santa Claus a Jew? | 12/15/1990 | See Source »

The Long Christmas Dinner boasts several quality performances. Foremost among them are Jodi Kanter's conservative, unintentionally humorous Lucia Bayard and Lithgow's traditional, business-oriented Charles Bayard. Their characters become even more charming as their attitudes become dated. "I hope you didn't waltz, dear," Lucia once declares. And...

Author: By Adam E. Pachter, | Title: Unconventional Christmas | 12/14/1990 | See Source »

But more immediately, Ivanov said, the USSR could utilize new-found knowledge about successful Japanese economic strategies to help revamp the ailing Soviet economy. And if Soviet defense-oriented industries are converted to civilian-oriented industries, there would be less military tension between Japan and the USSR, he said.

Author: By Allan S. Galper, | Title: U.S. Can Help in N. Pacific | 12/14/1990 | See Source »

But even in academic writing, gender-oriented linguistic reforms are beginning to appear more frequently. Asay and McDonald say that they now use "she" as an indefinite pronoun in their papers.

Author: By Veronica Rosales, | Title: What's in a Name? | 12/7/1990 | See Source »

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