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...land, post-1945. Behind the narrow focus on the imaginary Rapstone and its inhabitants, larger events are disclosed: sugar rationing after the war, ban- the-bomb marches during the edgy '50s, the rise of swinging London, the Profumo scandal, strikes, strife and the sinking of traditions in a new tide of commercialism. The fate of the Swan's Nest, an old inn in the vicinity of Rapstone, is symptomatic: "In the course of time it would be taken over by a motel chain, re-christened Ye Olde Swan's Nest and given piped music, colour TVs in every bedroom...
...approaching spiritual death," she said. "We must stave the tide of military aggression...
...word spreads about the revelations of cyclotron analysis, the Davis team expects a mounting tide of requests from around the world. Cahill is not concerned. Says he modestly: "When someone needs a nondestructive analysis of a small amount of material, we can help...
Mexico's current crisis could benefit all the debtors by finally changing their relationship with Western banks. Previously, the financial institutions kept giving the debtors tide-over loans, which had barely enabled borrowers to meet their payments on old debts. The strategy allowed bankers to pretend on , their books that the loans were solid ones, but it led to endlessly increasing debts for the borrowers. If banks hope to collect on those loans someday, they may have to accept the idea of giving the borrowers a break on interest rates, even though it will eat into their profit margins...
TURNING THE TIDE, by Noam Chomsky, sold at the Harvard Book Store...