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Many farmers make up in resourcefulness what they lack in resources. Karczmarczyk, for example, keeps several dozen carp in his water tank and uses the fishbones, scales and innards to help sustain his chickens. He also enjoys some well-placed influence: since his late father was said to be friendly with Jaruzelski, Karczmarczyk has managed to wheedle more feed out of the government than most of his colleagues do. He can therefore afford to be relatively stoical. His wife may think of Reagan as a "chicken killer," but the farmer maintains that "Reagan has taught us to think. For years...
...sustain some kind of massive electrical problem that knocked out its navigational systems, lights and some of its radios? It is virtually inconceivable. There are three independently powered inertial navigational systems on the Boeing aircraft. There are four electrical generators, one for each engine, and each can also be used for such low-power tasks as lighting. As for the radios, there are at least five separate transmitters on board. It is possible that the crew was having difficulty on short-range channels with other aircraft, yet it was never out of touch with ground stations...
Despite the lack of a visual siting, however, the detection has gained unusual attention because it represents the first positive astronomical measurement of solid material in deep space larger than dust grains or gas partices, which are unable to sustain the type of orbital activity now suspected around Vega...
...even more important consideration is money. A senior U.S. diplomat in San Salvador estimates that a "bare minimum" of $80 million to $ 100 million, an increase of more than $30 million over current funding levels, is necessary annually to sustain the counterinsurgency campaign. Most would go for logistical support and training. The Salvadoran army requires $25 million annually for ammunition alone. Lack of a sustained funding commitment by the U.S., says the diplomat, reduces Salvadoran military self-confidence and also provides "an excuse for not taking vigorous action...
...fact about Japan: namely that it is the best country in the world in which to study the impact of mass audiences on elite cultural forms. When something like tea becomes so popular, is it democratized? Not necessarily. It may become more snobbish, taking on a coercive preciousness to sustain its mystique when the old mechanisms of aristocratic patronage in small groups have corroded. Japanese snobbery, Japanese cultural insecurity, are hog heaven for merchandisers: once they get into a cultural feeding frenzy, the Japanese can make Rodeo Drive look modest...