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...necessity. Seemingly bizarre culinary customs are revealed as plain common sense by the author in an insightful and intriguing new book, Good to Eat (Simon & Schuster; $17.95). Citing economic, ecological and health considerations as forerunners of religious, folkloric and even social eating customs, Harris writes, "When India's Hindus spurn beef, Jews and Moslems abominate pork, and Americans barely avoid retching at the thought of dog stew . . . something beyond mere digestive physiology is shaping the definition of what's good...
...that of Western Europe as inextricably linked. Europe's safety can be guaranteed only by a continued U.S. threat to retaliate against any Soviet attack; hence, a potential American shift from a strategy of deterrence to one of defense is frightening. Another fear is that the U.S. will spurn any Soviet offer to scrap significant numbers of missiles in the talks now under way in Geneva if the Soviets continue to insist that a halt to Star Wars research be included in any arms-control package. Such an impasse, warns one British official, could trigger "NATO's worst postwar crisis...
...fear of bullying intervention in Central America's internal affairs, even in nations that have little sympathy for Nicaragua's Marxist line. For example, Panama's sugar industry is severely depressed, and many workers at the mills are on layoff. But Panamanians insist that they will spurn any part of Nicaragua's sugar quota that might be offered to them. As for the Washington-supported military campaign of the contras, many Central Americans echo the concern of one Panamanian banker. Says he: "Honduras is being dragged in, and Costa Rica [where a second group of exiles...
Offers of aid flood the Texas site, but some campers spurn them...
When some residents, unable to use the overabundance, began to spurn further donations, Houstonians began to look at Tent City in a much different light. "I'm not going to walk away from the truly needy," said Carmen Deshayes, a local resident who has been helping campers by driving them to job interviews. "But the public has been making it too easy on these people. There's no reason for them to go out and get a job." Complains Mollie Cruter, a Houstonian who has visited the camp on occasion to help out: "They say they...