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...testified by its denomination alone to decades of misrule in Zaire: 5 million zaires, valued at a purported % $2. The bill was floated by the country's long-ruling and long-embattled dictator Mobutu Sese Seko -- and was promptly declared worthless by his rival in a power standoff, transitional Premier Etienne Tshisekedi. Most merchants refused to accept the disputed tender. When Zairian soldiers were paid with it, they went on an armed rampage, looting shops and the homes of several thousand Europeans who live in the former Belgian colony...
There is no evidence that Mao Zedong knew cannibalism was being practiced during the Cultural Revolution. When Premier Zhou Enlai heard about the crimes in Guangxi, he ordered party officials to put a stop to them. Nonetheless, according to Zheng, amid the anarchy of the times cannibalism apparently persisted in Guangxi. "I believe Zheng's story," says Perry Link, a professor of Chinese at Princeton. "He's a writer of integrity, and the rich detail has the ring of authenticity." Chinese officials now disclaim any knowledge of the practice. Said a Public Security official in Beijing: "I've never heard...
...Aspen Highlands is definitely one of the premier resorts," Shefftz said...
...some provinces, the continental shift already seems to be yielding benefits. As federal funds have dried up, Ottawa has cut back heavy subsidies to Canada's have-not regions. Nonetheless, hardscrabble New Brunswick last year registered 3% growth, more than any other province. Frank McKenna, the provincial premier, attributes much of the gain to the reduction of trade barriers among the Atlantic provinces and to growing opportunities for export to the U.S. "The launching of free trade has reshaped our relationships with the federal government in many ways," he says. "But overall, our experience has been positive. It means working...
...months later, Karan mounted her first show. The eternally jaded fashion crowd gave her a standing ovation, whistling, wildly shouting her name. A month after that, she broke records at a special sale for customers of Bergdorf Goodman, the premier U.S. fashion retailer. Dawn Mello, then Bergdorf's president, recalls the scene when the sale ended: "Donna burst into tears and sat on the floor, weeping, amazed at what she had done...