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Peasants of the steep Mourgana region, the northwest roof of Greece, were horrified by the pedomasoma, but they were battered and half-starved by a decade of war, and few had the strength or cunning to resist. One who did was Eleni Gatzoyiannis of the little farm hamlet Lia. Though she had spent her life deferring to her father, a prosperous miller, and to her husband, a cook at a diner in far-off America who returned periodically to visit, Eleni was transformed by crisis into a leader: she organized the escape of 20 people of Lia, most of them...
...Sack Beacon Hill theater is the most glaring example Disabled people can see movies there only if they are carried down a long and perilously steep flight of stairs, an experience they find terrifying and humiliating. To make matters worse, exclusive engagements are often shown at the Beacon Hill rathe than at one of the area's few accessible movie houses. Members of Brooks's group point out that even films of special interest to the disabled, such as Coming Home and Whose Life Is It Anyway?, have been inaccessibly screened...
That would be welcome news in some quarters. Bankers, for example, now view the prospect of a break in prices with the same horror that they once reserved for ever rising energy costs. A steep price drop could crush an ailing oil exporter like Mexico, which has borrowed billions from international banks and is already in the midst of an economic crisis. Sharply lower prices would also bankrupt some existing high-cost exploration and production ventures...
When Ray Elliott, 50, and his wife Helen, 56, came to Guatemala in 1953, Protestants were a scorned and despised minority. After arriving in the remote village of Nebaj, nestled in a steep valley 165 miles northwest of Guatemala City, the Elliotts learned that a priest was warning the people that Protestants were devils and kidnapers who should be refused all goods and supplies. To this day, Helen Elliott has trouble acknowledging Catholics as fellow Christians...
...getting home for the holidays was no problem. No hill too steep no sand too deep could stop the Jackson Majestic car for $1975.00 Electric starter, lights, and horns distinguished this auto from earlier models. A train ride to New York was $2.40 and west to California was only $59.65. To earn extra spending money, a creative student could write scripts for moving pictures for $25 per week. The demand for this new form of entertainment inspired film agencies to advertise for aspiring authors, offering $100 for an innovative screenplay...