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...government distributes rice, there is never enough to eat, and women can be seen selling penny candy, gum, flashlight batteries, salt-anything to turn a small profit to fill out the spartan diet. When the bread trucks come, covered with flies, young boys sneak up, reach in and steal an extra loaf for their families...
...going on for over a decade. In 1964, he was the victim of a trumped-up trial in Leningrad. He was accused of writing poetry-adjudged "gibberish" by the court-instead of engaging in "honest work." He was also attacked in the press for allegedly "nurturing a plan" to steal a plane and fly abroad. Sentenced to five years at hard labor in the Soviet far north, Brodsky became a cause celebre in Russia and the West. Released after 18 months, he was still unable to find Soviet publishers for his lyrics, which the great Russian poet Anna Akhmatova...
...will still buy is idea power. It emanates from that great Georgian monolith, the U.S. Postal Service, which until last year charged 2.48? to deliver a 7.6-oz. magazine to its readers. Two copies distributed for a nickel -the greatest bargain in power since the Tennessee Valley Authority. A steal? Postal authorities think so, and they say that it is time to stop the ripoff. So, in addition to increasing the cost of first-and third-class mail, they are currently escalating second-class (magazine and newspaper) rates by an average 127% over five years (see THE PRESS...
...changed our life style this season." Park said. "We had to hunt, hit-and-run, steal and play defense. Vin is the guy who made all that happen...
...offense, Orr scored more points (four goals, four assists) than anyone else in the series. One of his goals-in the final game, which Boston won 3-0-was scored with one of his classically daring efforts. With Ranger Bruce MacGregor swooping in to steal the bouncing puck for a breakaway at the Ranger blue line, Orr could have played it safe by swatting the puck out of danger. Instead, he coolly trapped it inches from MacGregor's stick, pirouetted on his left skate and snapped a 30-ft. wrist shot into...