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Angola has been spending at least 40% of its foreign-currency earnings on military equipment and watching its foreign debt soar to more than $2.5 billion. Prices go up and stores close down. The Cuban presence has not only drained money but also discouraged the flow of aid from the West. Yet the government knows that in the Cubans' absence, it would become difficult indeed to resist enemy raids and replace South African rule in Namibia. In the meantime, more and more Angolans have taken to dodging the draft. Throughout southern Angola, buildings, railways and dams are in ruins...
From cashmere to computers, Christmas sales soar...
...worked out that way. The front runner did not stumble; the challenger did not soar. Far from slipping, Mondale appears to be farther ahead than ever. He has deftly sidestepped Glenn's broadsides, while Glenn has been less dexterous dodging Mondale's jabs. Glenn is still fuzzy as a candidate-"there is no meat on his bones," says a Democratic politician in Georgia-and his campaign organization has started slowly. Even The Right Stuff, a movie glorifying Glenn's role in the space program, is less than a sensation at the box office...
...Last week Grenadians let their spirits soar...
...student at Harvard tried to get students involved in SOAR but was "very, very frustrated because he was meeting opposition at all levels," Smaw said...