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Forced to queue endlessly for supplies, the Poles are boiling
...largest in the U.S. Nevertheless, since prosecutors and litigious Californians flood the court with more than 220,000 cases annually, and since criminal matters have priority, it takes more than four years for the average civil jury suit to reach trial. Now some lawyers are beating the queue. The solution: hiring a retired judge to hear the case...
There was a long queue last week at the bread shop on Leningrad's Nevsky Prospekt. "They are selling special holiday loaves," explained a woman in line, as she stamped her feet against the cold. Yes, she knew about the U.S. grain embargo, imposed a year ago this week. "But it hasn't affected us," she insisted...
These political leaders, along with other Soviet elitists, enjoy the use of country dachas, yachts and Black Sea vacation resorts. While ordinary Soviet citizens queue up for scarce consumer goods, members of what one Soviet journalist calls the "Communist nobility" shop in special stores for caviar, French cognac, Swiss chocolates and Japanese stereo sets. They patronize tailors, hairdressers and cleaners who serve them exclusively. Lesser privileges are enjoyed by thousands of middle-level managers, local party cadres and other important citizens...
...great many social distinctions that are a British specialty. For example, "tea fags" have a softer berth than common fags. Higher still are the "library fags," who serve seniors elected to the group known as "the Library." Library fags are excused from general calls of "Boy, up!" and "Boy, queue!" (an after-dinner general work session). Top rung for newcomers is the title Keeper of the Fags, given to a young lad brawny enough to preserve discipline...