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...Witnesses, all of whom are probably still imprisoned in Combinado del Este. I saw several Protestant churches on Isla de Pinos that had been turned into fertilizer stores. Many Catholic churches have been closed and traditional religious ceremonies banned. The celebration of Christmas has been suppressed, and even the smallest of Christmas trees is looked upon as counterrevolutionary. Only a few people, generally the aged, run the risk of going to church; young people who attend Mass are stigmatized as "enemies of the revolution" and run the risk of expulsion from the university...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Castro's Prisons | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

...reverse its steadily declining share, was the first major company to start selling the generics. Paced by its bestselling Chesterfield, Liggett had about 25% of sales in the 1940s, but that fell to less than 3% by 1981. Says President K.v.R. Dey Jr.: "We were the smallest kid on the block." The company was laying off workers, selling its foreign divisions and closing warehouses, when company executives hit on the idea of selling no-name cigarettes. Test marketing began in June 1980, and national distribution started in late 1981. The generics, costing $1.50 to $2 less a carton than brand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Puffing Hard Just to Keep Up | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

...market for the smallest computers, always competitive, has finally blossomed into a full-scale price war. Manufacturers have been trumpeting price cuts and rebates and spending heavily on TV ads. Until recently, the high-pressure strategy seemed to be paying off: sales of 5 million home computers were predicted for 1983, a huge increase over last year's record-breaking 2.5 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Shake-Out in the Hardware Wars | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

...cause whose effectiveness cannot be documented, Carstens says. Nonetheless, the IDAF raises millions of dollars a year that make their way to South Africa. But of the 10 national committees--in England, Ireland, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, New Zealand, India and the U.S.--the American branch contributes the smallest amount, last year about...

Author: By Antony J. Blinken, | Title: Fighting the Just Cause | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

...wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned with it, teachers and taught," he declared. What caused the boy most disappointment was the little he got from his mates. Speaking exactly, "that left him nothing....He made no acquaintance in college that proved to have the smallest use in afterlife." The faculty fared scarcely better...

Author: By Richard T. Cooper, | Title: When Men Were Men and Women Were Wives | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

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