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...through this." Not as much fun, unfortunately, as it would be if the actors and plot twists did not look so much like mass-produced goods. One exception: Andrea Marcovicci, as a bitchy Berrenger wife, has an offbeat beauty and a mocking, low-key style that is a flavorful slice of rye in the white-bread surroundings...
...Marxist-led guerrillas to discuss wages for the migrant farm laborers whom the cafetalero needed during the 2 1/2-month coffee harvest. The guerrillas' demand on behalf of the workers: about $4 for each 100 lbs. of coffee beans picked, plus food and medical care. The rebels also wanted a slice of the harvest action: a "tip" of about $5 for each 500 lbs. of beans. The alternative to a settlement was a return to the kind of armed harassment of the harvest that has been commonplace in El Salvador in past years...
...steel-and-concrete docks jutted out into the harbor; a hovercraft bobbed passively on the water; passengers moved single file from a ferry to a train that soon started up, shrieked metal on metal and moved on. The sea continually changed color and direction, the sun laying a slice of silver on the horizon, which faded to a dull blue a moment later. In the office a boyish customs officer played rock music on his tape deck on a plastic table: "I've got you, baby./ You've got me." He did not mind the presence of a visitor. "Breaks...
...Similar ecstasy has arrived for any person who cares a wit about baseball in the form of a revised edition of Lawrence Ritter's The Glory of Their Times. Moreover, the best book ever written about the grand old game also appeals as a vivid depiction of a fascinating slice of American culture...
Weinberger also hopes that a lower inflation rate and reduced fuel costs will slice almost another $1 billion off the Pentagon's bills, a saving that would entail no sacrifice...