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The region's conventional exports suffer a reputation for second-rate quality: outdated electronic calculators, low-grade steel, shoddy carpeting. But the East bloc's human exports are often top of the line. Many of the most talented performers have been trained from as young as age six at rigorous...
Exploiting an extraordinary wealth of scholarly, journalistic and pop culture documentation--everything from Dr. Spock to Elvis Presley to Mad Magazine--the author develops a complex web of historical context to explain the origins and antecedents of a movement that has all too often been simplistically reduced to single determinants...
Besides accused Trafficker Verdugo Urquidez, two more of those indicted last week are already in U.S. custody for other offenses, and so will stand trial in American courts for their alleged roles in Camarena's murder. Of the remaining six, two are at large, probably in Mexico, and four are...
"The conference followed a rigorous academic schedule, with seminars starting at 9 a.m. in the hall of the European Parliament," Shustorovich said. "People were free in the evening, but receptions usually continued until 1 a.m. People couldn't keep up with the work; there were 50 to 60 hours of...
The centerpiece of the summit was the ceremonial signing of an intermediate- range nuclear forces treaty that eliminated an entire class of atomic weapons from Europe and the rest of the world. The product of six years of negotiation, the pact calls for the destruction of 1,752 Soviet and...