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Even if the treaty eventually goes into effect, the neem-seed case will remain a murky one. The neem tree is indeed part of India's historic pharmacopoeia; it is known in Sanskrit as sarva roga nivarini, "the curer of all ailments." Its branches, leaves and seeds are used to treat, among other things, leprosy, diabetes, ulcers, skin disorders and constipation. The seeds' pesticidal powers, exploited by farmers for centuries, have been studied by scientists for at least 50 years...
Though he has not yet irrevocably repudiated the leftists, Perón is inexorably edging to the right. As increasing violence brings the country ever closer to civil war, events are forcing him to choose. Just last week, Jorge V. Quíroga, a former judge assigned to political cases, was gunned down in central Buenos Aires by leftist guerrillas. Since Perón formally took office, 22 businessmen, foreign and Argentine, have been kidnaped, mainly by leftists; 18 people have been killed in political violence and more than twice as many have been wounded; several houses and a newspaper...
...Private Sergei Sazonovich Sviridov, a farm boy from Roga, wept on his hospital bed and cried to the New York Times's C. L. Sulzberger: "I didn't ever get a chance to join in the real attack. I was wounded. If my feet would permit. . . ." His hospital record said: "Feet blown off by shell...
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