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...trendiest queue these days is the one outside McDonald's in Pushkin Square. The three-hour wait for a glimpse of life abroad -- which is more precious than the Big Macs themselves -- has supplanted such cultural diversions as visiting the Bolshoi, which is usually either closed or touring abroad anyway. On a recent Sunday, a troupe of young actors staged a skit for waiting patrons in the McDonald's line. Thus the performers were fulfilling the oft-stated but little-realized communist goal of bringing culture to the masses by going to where the masses can always be found...
Further, there have been countless reports of Iraqi soldiers expelling families from their homes, and stealing food--a commodity which is now more precious than oil to the Iraqis...
...addition to the national trends, there are simply fewer Republicans in Massachusetts and precious few in prominent, elected or public positions who could step into a congressional race and offer a credible challenge. Instead they tend to come from the private sector, like lawyer John Soto challenging Frank or businessmen Daly and Rappaport in the Senate race...
...water truck arrives. As cries of "Water! Water!" erupt in a babel of languages from hundreds of parched throats, men and women battle their way to the nozzle of the tanker. One feverish man grabs a stone and threatens to bash a competitor's skull. Meanwhile, most of the precious liquid spills on the ground and vanishes into the sand...
Colombian cocaine cartel leaders are apparently investing in precious gems. "Cash is a pain," says a DEA official. "It's bulky if you move it, traceable if you bank it, and it mildews if you bury it." Which may explain why Colombians have been reported buying up jewels -- principally diamonds -- in Antwerp, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. U.S. agents don't think these buyers are Christmas shopping. "You can transport millions of dollars' worth of diamonds in your back pocket," says an investigator. Furthermore, diamonds don't rot when stored in the underground caches favored by Colombian dons...