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...Southeast Asia's Golden Triangle, January is harvest time. It is also a time when members of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration check the skies for signs of bad weather, hoping that nature will spoil the lucrative crop of opium poppies that are the economic mainstay of the mountainous region where the borders of Burma, Thailand and Laos converge. This year the climate has been kind to the poppy growers and bad for the DEA: a bumper crop of 700 tons is expected, 100 tons more than last year. But the U.S. narcs are not very worried. The reason...
Although the government has raised food prices by up to 400%, Miroslaw has seen little of that increase. Says he: "I sell the state my milk because otherwise it would spoil." But even with the money they have, things are difficult because village stores are poorly supplied. Says Miroslaw: "There are no shoes for my boys or tools for my farm. When I was young, I believed that if you worked hard you could do anything. Now I am disillusioned...
...MANY judgemental errors mar the Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players fall production at the Agassiz Theatre. Their poor choice of opera, lackadaisical musical and dramatic staging, and inconsistent performing spoil the fun for everyone. Even G&S aficionados who ordinarily revel in riproarious productions of favorites like The Mikado and the H.M.S. Pinafore--will have a hard time sitting through this long and uninspired production of Utopia Limited or Flowers of Progress. We watch the operetta wilt before our eyes...
...that passage of the measure would mean U.S. withdrawal from the ITU and suspension of $2.4 million in American funding (more than 6% of the ITU'S budget last year) for the agency. Said Gardner: "Nairobi has sent a clear message to the people who would like to spoil the whole U.N. system...
...hate to be a spoil sport, but based on past happenings throughout the country. I can understand people's concern," said Councilor Thomas W. Danehy. He added that "the majority of Cambridge residents are in favor of some restrictions...