Word: rice
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clock. Walking along the streets of the city, I heard a babble of everyday sounds: cocks crowing, babies crying, people chattering. But the streets were empty of civilians. Families were locked behind the metal screens of their homes. Under the colonnades bordering the marketplace, soldiers cooked breakfast rice over fires made from ammo boxes...
Even aid programs with professedly peaceful purposes are used for similar purposes, speakers said. They cited the Food for Peace program. In this program, the Department of Agriculture ships surplus American-grown rice to Vietnam and sells it to Vietnamese importers. The Department then deposits 80 per cent of the money it collects in a South Vietnamese Government bank for military uses, including the construction of isolation cells or tiger cages...
Jesus Christ Superstar. A hack neyed film, based on the Broadway musical that tagged along with the Jesus revival. Director Norman Jewison sets to film the rock cantatas of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Beacon Hill Theatre. 10-10 every 2 hours...
Everything on the menu is spicy, and expertly prepared. Casa's straight-forward fare is based around enchiladas and tostadas (mainly combinations of meat, chicken or cheese rolled in dough, and usually served with beans and rice) and a few seafood dishes...
...eligible Filipinos voted in favor of Marcos' "new society" in a national referendum last month, there is growing unrest over the continuation of martial law, the so-far unsuccessful military struggle against guerrillas in Mindanao and Sulu, and the prospect of the country's worst rice shortage in years. Quite clearly, the President is worried that the shrewd, ambitious Aquino, a member of one of the country's wealthiest families, might become a symbol of political dissent and persecution. Many Filipinos are well aware that the ex-Senator's grandfather was imprisoned by the U.S. during...