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...these twin social problems to remote regions of Siberia. The CIA report also notes, "Forced labor is thus likely to become a more important means of relieving serious manpower shortages, particularly in inhospitable areas." Even more sinister, Vietnamese and other Asians form a growing contingent of slave laborers, a partial "payment" of Vietnam's huge debt to the Soviet Union...

Author: By Paul L. Choi, | Title: The Bitter Fruits of Slave Labor | 10/15/1983 | See Source »

...first step, and only as a first step, Kennedy decided to impose a partial blockade, or quarantine, on Cuba, stopping all shipments of offensive weapons-missiles, warheads, missile launching equipment, bombers and bombs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION 1962: Foreign Relations: The Backdown Cuba Missile Crisis | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...cows in." Contrarily, extra syllables are sometimes inserted: "physical year" is when "financial records must be reconciled," often by the "orditor," a "state fiscal official"; "arthur rightus" is "a disease of the bone joints." Often, consonants are replaced: a "Babdist" is defined as "the opposite of a Methodist," and "partial post" is "a mailing category...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Americana: Oct. 3, 1983 | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

...stock they have. Thus someone with 100 shares of AT&T, worth $6,675 last week, would acquire another ten shares each in new companies with such unfamiliar names as Pacific Telesis and Ameritech. Those with fewer than ten A T & T shares will be given cash instead of partial shares in the operating companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Humpty Dumpty | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

However, when the Russians perform the above act, while it is met with obvious revulsion, people are quick to place at least partial blame on others. Newspaper editorials state that the innocent passengers were victims of the Cold War and that it relations cool even the slightest bit between the two superpowers, it is the United States fault. How can such a double standard he stomached, let alone justified...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Facing Facts | 9/27/1983 | See Source »

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