Word: rations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Woman Power. The government has managed to meet the monthly rice ration of 30 pounds for the average worker, but the staple is now mixed with large amounts of Soviet wheat. Many find the result unpalatable. Domestic rice production takes about 40 times the number of man-hours per pound that it does in Russia or Japan-partly because women workers, who now constitute more than 80% of the labor force, tire quickly in the paddies. According to Hanoi Moi, the capital's main daily, food lines have grown so long that some stores pass out "appointment numbers," assigning...
...annual ration of cloth is enough for two everyday outfits, but not enough for an ao-dai, the ladies' flowing tunic-cum-trousers, or for a winter coat. There is little local transportation except for bicycles. One recent visitor to Hanoi reported that the only nonessential goods he saw for sale were some Chinese-made pingpong balls. Hanoi's beer gardens frequently sell out before closing time. Hanoi Moi recently carried one letter from a cigarette-factory worker who apologized for the number of cigarettes that were "only half full of tobacco," and another from a smoker...
...army unit near Djakarta conserves its monthly ration of gasoline and sells the surplus on the free market. Clearly, this is illegal...