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After finishing their shift at Petrobras' Reduc refinery on the edge of Rio de Janeiro one recent spring night, dozens of workers sprinted through the rain toward the company's cavernous canteen. After sandwiches and soft drinks, they sorted themselves into small groups and got down to work. In one corner, an elderly woman hunched over a book trying to figure out whether 99¢ was more than or less than 69¢. In another, three men helped one another with composition exercises. And in a third, workers slapped down dominoes marked with letters in place of dots. "You can see people...
...less need of military preparedness. Whatever is the outcome of the present conflict, it will leave for many years to come a vast accumulation of hatred, jealousy and mutual fear among all European nations. Germany, as the main butt of all these fears and hatreds, will agree to a reduc- tion of armament only if she receives adequate pledges that disarmament will not be used as a weapon to cripple her permanently...
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