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...epitome of high-toned datebooks and among the bestsellers is the Economist Diary, offered by the London financial magazine. First published in 1948, the handmade leather volume supplies its owner with facts ranging from the average hours of sunshine a day in Edinburgh (3.75) to the hog and pig population of the U.S. (59 million in 1982). The $43 book has become a prestige item round the globe. Says Christopher Curwen, the Economist's U.S. publications manager: "In the offices of top government ministers in Latin America, you'll see some 25 of these red desk diaries...
...centrifuge, which had begun on the ground and continued in orbit. These are designed not only to discover ways of coping with space sickness but also to learn whether any significant physiological changes occurred after ten days of weightlessness. Until these examinations are finished this Thursday, the guinea pig quartet must remain in isolation. They can take comfort in the thought that their dedication is bringing the day closer when ordinary mortals will follow the current space voyagers on the way to the stars. Assuming, of course, that NASA gets those balky computers to behave themselves. -By Frederic Golden. Reported...
...than a short story, was Orwell's favorite among his works; it led directly back to his first, heady days in Barcelona. The abused, overworked animals rebel against the rule of the exploiting farmer, Mr. Jones; but the workers' paradise is soon commandeered and betrayed by a pig who bears more than a fleeting resemblance to Joseph Stalin. His credo: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." Animal Farm was rejected by more than a dozen publishers in England and the U.S. The clear anti-Soviet parody bothered many of them. After...
...signs here point to easy moralism. Benevolent revolutionaries fighting fascism; idealistic rebels among the Sandinistas; U.S.-backed dictator pig Somoza; dreamy-eyed Western Press ready to report injustice and suffering--there's a lot it's hard to argue with. Except there's a catch. True, the filmmakers--led by director Roger Spottiswode--are sympathetic to the Left here, and with good cause. Even by the not-so-high standards of right-wing Latin American dictatorships, the government of Anastasio Somoza was a sorry lot, oozing corruption and brutality. And yet Under Fire is able to transcend a doctrinaire manifesto...
Long before the first proverbial pig was skinned for athletic use. Harvard and Yale had been hoped together in friendly rivalry in baseball crew. But even before sports became the official channel for intramural hatred, the two schools had developed a friendly loathing between them. It is in their institutional roots...