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...telephones, no electricity. The country is a vast emptiness of almost 1 million sq. mi.; yet it is home to just 28.5 million people, and the only way to get from one place to another is to walk. If you are starving, it can take days or weeks to stagger to one of the dozen feeding centers run by international aid agencies. That is what thousands of stick-figured Sudanese are doing right now: trekking desperately in search of food, tottering, often falling into the dust to die, sometimes within sight of their goal. This time it is not only...
...were children, one at a time, standing on a lawn or on a playground, waiting for the ball to reach them. Their hug-me arms waver in the hot, wet air, as if they are attempting to embrace something vast and invisible. Their eyes blink in the sunlight. They stagger and stumble...
...hour or so in the dimly lit room, I'm gradually surrounded by people who are slowly losing their sense of balance with each drink they have. This radically disregulates my own equilibrium, because my reference points for approximate "shoulder level" are now undulating wildly. Slowly, I begin to stagger along, bumping into people with impunity, reveling in the knowledge that at this point into the night, they probably don't give a damn either...
...diversity of frozen meals can stagger the average supermarket shopper. The TV dinner oasis is Porter Square's Star Market. The aisles gush with boxes of frozen food, the variety of which will satisfy even the most picky connoisseur. Both Swanson TM and Hungry Man TM meals offer Sirloin Beef Tips with noodles and gravy. Most meals also come with a complimentary tasty dessert. Other yummy treats include favs like Traditional Pot Roast, Boneless Chicken, Chicken and Veal Parmagiana, Six Chicken Nuggets, Boneless Pork Rib, Fried Chicken and even good old Salisbury Steak. These Swanson dinners start at $2.49 while...
...sleeping around the clock," says Ocon. "Sometimes I would get up in the morning and stagger into the dining hall to grab a bagel. I put on more weight in that month and a half than I did during the rest of my pregnancy...