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To the west, in the Nuevo Vedado district, Eugenio, a sports trainer, produces his ration book. For July he was allotted 6 lbs. of rice, 10 oz. of beans, 1/2 lb. of oil, 3 lbs. of sugar, 1 oz. of coffee, one bar of bath soap, three packs of cigarettes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: You Can't Eat Doctrine | 9/5/1994 | See Source »

North too is in touch with the supernatural. Wherever he goes, a nameless figure played by Bruce Willis turns up in various guises to help him. Director Rob Reiner strives hard for the tones of a fable, but the result is far from fabulous. There is something smug about North...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Hollywood's Huck Finns | 8/1/1994 | See Source »

Unfortunately, not all of the news from the World Cup has been good. The U.S. team's shining moment came in their 2-1 win over Colombia. Immediately, the game became the subject of controversy. First, we heard that drug lords in Medellin threatened to kill one team member if...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Soccer Lands In U.S. With A Clunk | 6/29/1994 | See Source »

Embedded in the stories of World War II is the legend of Spam, the manufactured ham substitute put out by the Hormel Co. in Minnesota. Spam was a wartime triumph, but the legend is mostly wrong. Several months ago, Hormel celebrated the production of the 5 billionth can of Spam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Home Front | 6/13/1994 | See Source »

A few blocks from the Port-au-Prince harbor, a grocery wholesaler complained about an embargo that seemed to benefit only the oligarchs. "If there's no leak in the embargo, then I'll be happy," she says. Last week black marketeers slapped an $11 charge on every case of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: To Have and To Have Not | 6/6/1994 | See Source »

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