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...million was left in the national bank-not enough to cover Liberia's immediate debt payments. The country faced abnormally high costs for imports that had been negotiated by the Tolbert government. The council broke some of these contracts, but has failed to renegotiate a long-term oil-shipment deal that costs the nation 30% more than the current going rate. The country's foreign-dominated retail trade, meanwhile, has been crippled by a flight of capital and a severe credit shortage...
Railroaders also argue that if they cannot earn a sufficient profit on a shipment of coal, they will be unable to invest the money needed to keep tracks and cars in good shape. Critics charge, though, that railroads often demand exorbitant rates in areas where there are no good alternatives for moving the bulky product...
...Soviets call it living na levo-"on the left." At its simplest, it is nothing more than passing on to the local butcher tickets for a popular soccer game or concert in return for a good cut of meat; tipping off the plumber about a shipment of shoes that is due to arrive in a shop as payment for fixing a leaking pipe; or holding down a second job as a furniture mover or apartment painter. Na levo can and does, however, also extend to smuggling consumer goods in from the West, running a hidden factory, stealing state-owned materials...
...American arms to invade their neighbors or turn American guns against their own people. If we hope to convince the Third World that our system of government is superior to the Soviets', it simply won't do to continue making ourselves laughing-stocks every time we send a shipment of arms to a dictator. If we sacrifice our values every time we try to defend them, why bother...
...apparently active smuggling trade that goes on between Taiwan and mainland fishermen, who frequently share the same fishing grounds. According to residents of Xiamen, the trade includes soap, towels and watches (often with fake Swiss markings) from Taiwan and gold (sometimes also fake) from the mainland. If that first shipment of nylon from Taiwan-which came indirectly via Hong Kong-is any indication, Taiwan could have a significant future market in Fujian. In less than two weeks, the shipment was 90% sold, despite a stiff price of $10 a meter...