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...like Soviet leaders before him, a master of doublethink. Sheehy eventually turns this standard Orwellian idea into what she calls her own "shattering insight . . . There is no bottom line to the Soviet socialist ideal -- it's a snake pit of hypocrisy...
...spot, arguing that the federal government's higher prices for grain procurement would lead to an inflation spiral. Yeltsin phrased that concern more colorfully not long ago. Trying to reconcile Kremlin caution with the market zeal of the republics, he said, is like "mating a hedgehog with a snake...
...there is a snake in this hermetically sealed paradise, in the person of Rigoberto's son Alfonso. The lad's age is not specified, although when he runs up and hugs his stepmother, his head rests just slightly above her waist. Alfonso seems unusually ardent for such a little fellow. Lucrecia spots him spying on her through a window while she bathes; figuring that anything goes in this weird household, she puts on quite a show. When Rigoberto leaves for a business trip, Alfonso takes over as the man of the house. What will Rigoberto do if he ever finds...
...national debt has more than tripled in the past 11 years. A debt of such enormity simply cannot be paid off without sacrifice. Paying it off will mean higher taxes and reduced spending over many years. Anyone who thinks -- or promises -- otherwise is either a dupe or a snake-oil salesman...
...grew up, was too crowded and expensive for cattlemen. He headed north "for cheap grass," to the border of Rosebud and Custer counties, just above Miles City, Mont. Mathers did not trail a herd a thousand miles across the powdery plains, fending off Kiowa and Comanche, or ford the snake-infested Nueces River. Instead, he put 200 Herefords on the Santa Fe Railroad, climbed into his blue Oldsmobile and rolled smoothly up Highway 83. He was there in two days. (Lonesome Dove's McCrae and Call took months.) Mathers bought up old homestead land for $5 to $8 an acre...