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...told, the U.S. spent nearly $7 million to help organize the balloting and guarantee its fairness. Unfortunately, some of that aid contributed to the chaos that cast a pall over the vote. Determined to ensure a truly honest and foolproof election, El Salvador's central election commission ignored U.S. embassy warnings against the installation of high-tech computer voting procedures for a low-tech electorate (more than 40% of the eligible voters are illiterate). Summed up Jorge Rochac, the U.S.-educated consultant who served as overseer for the intricate voting system: "We have three miles of dirt road...
...beer and soda, the larder has only peanut butter and crackers, but coffee is perpetually on the boil. Kuralt favors the lived-in look: a blue blazer with a burn mark, a rumpled yellow sweater that strains over his stomach, gray flannels worn to slickness. He chain-smokes Pall Malls and eats lunch at hamburger joints or not at all. If TV news is glamorous, apparently no one has told Kuralt...
...Nuclear Free Cambridge referendum has cast a pall over an otherwise bright
...total 1982 sales: $9.1 billion). The big two, which together have about 65% of the market, are the Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola of cigarettedom, far ahead of third-place Brown & Williamson (Kool, Raleigh, Viceroy), which has 10.9%. Following those three are Lorillard (Kent, Newport, True), American Brands (Carlton, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike) and the Liggett Group (L & M, Eve, Chesterfield...
...Winston each come in eight different styles. The largest-selling brand is now Marlboro, with 20.9% of the market. Newcomers like Reynolds' Bright (1982) and Lorillard's Satin (1983) are on shelves next to oldies like Lucky Strike (1916), Camel (1913), Chesterfield (1911) and, oldest of all, Pall Mall...