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...instructions of Mao Tse-Tung's handbook on guerilla warfare. The Viet Cong have paid much closer attention to their handbook than their Viot Minh counterparts in the days of war against the French; in particular there have been no set piece battles except Binh Gia and peasant indoctrination has been much more sophisticated. In the contrast of a (brilliant) masterplan, the May 2nd Committee's statement becomes mere distortions...
...wake of it all, Barrientos seemed at a loss about what to do, or even where to start. He kept repeating his democratic ideals and desires for economic stability. "Bolivia," he insisted, "must keep particularly close relations with the U.S." He talked about disarming both the peasant militia of Paz Estenssoro and the militant tin min ers of Leftist Juan Lechín to avoid fur ther trouble. Yet he allowed Lechín to grab control of all the country's most important unions, bowed even further by promising the unions joint control with management in running...
...turn out a neatly complementary array of products that range from air compressors to vertical turret lathes, from sluice valves to torque converters. But Kirloskar is proudest of his contribution to the revolution in farm methods that food-shy India so badly needs. Although four-fifths of the Indian peasant-farmers still use wooden plows, Kirloskar is busy selling them steel ones at enticingly low prices: $8.40 to $24.15. More important, he is persuading many farmers to shift from bullock muscle to diesel engines to pump water for irrigation...
...bottom of the pit, a hundred feet down, stands a house. "You can spend the night there," the stranger says. Hand over hand the man descends a rope ladder. In the house he finds a peasant woman who gives him plain food to eat and a plain mat to sleep on. In the morning he rises early to be on his way, but when he looks for the ladder it is gone. "Please don't blame me," the woman says gently. "Remember, you came here of your own accord." He stares at her, incredulous. "Are you trying to tell...
...banking-notably Toufic Assaf, chairman of the Bank of Beirut and The Arab Countries, who earned millions from a wholesale business in Venezuela, and Joseph Saab, who built a bundle in South Asian mining and exporting. Saab's Development Bank has introduced modern banking to Lebanon's peasant villages, opened 35 branches in the past three years. Says he: "In even the smallest village, farmers need credit and have money hidden in the ground or under mattresses...