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...despair has not triumphed completely. Relief workers are astonished by the cohesion and sense of community they see around them. In some cases whole villages moved together and reassembled themselves in the camps; the elders ration food supplies; some priests are presiding over congregations 1,000 strong. For those who have been witness to mayhem throughout the past four years of civil war, there were even words of relief. Compared with the life he had left behind, one refugee told a reporter from ABC, "here we are tasting the good life." At least here, he explained, no one was being...
...Marxism is a very coherent ideology," he says, lighting a harsh Populares cigarette in his small, dim living room. "It seemed to have all the answers." He laughs at the idea as he fingers his worn ration book. The modest economic steps the government has taken "won't solve anything," he says. "I think it's more to save the government's face. We're making some changes to look good to the outside world." He explains how each new decree will still leave the state in charge. "They don't want to take these measures, or any measures...
...building, a yellow brick house previously occupied by the Harvard affiliated non-profit corpo- ration Cultural Survival, is the property ofHarvard Real Estate, which has leased the buildingto HSA for a term of three-and-a-half years,according to Escobari...
This year's Core offerings include about the usual ration of new to old, she said, and no one can predict which will be largest...
...impossible to stretch out his lanky 6-ft. 2-in. frame. As for food, which they provided irregularly, he quickly realized he should eat the bananas first and save the more durable fruits for later. He never gulped down the water, uncertain when his kidnappers would deliver the next ration...