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...challenge of remaking Peru has taken a toll on Vargas Llosa's writing. Aside from a brief erotic novel, In Praise of My Stepmother (1989), a book that Vargas Llosa considers a "diversion" and in which he devotes rapturous pages to the joys of a woman's bottom, he has written very little during the past two years. He considers this curtailment of his vocation as a "contribution to emergency times." Says he: "When you are in a situation like Peru's today, you can't change it with a novel or a poem...
...repairing America's crumbling roads and easing airport congestion is almost silent on how to pay for what it recommends. Where it is specific, the plan proposes new or additional "user fees" and surcharges for air travelers and new authority for states to turn federally financed highways into toll roads. Translation: Bush wants to improve Americans' mobility, but he would prefer that local politicians raise the funds needed to break the transportation gridlock...
...find. The widening rift between Havana and Moscow has caused other deprivations. The Soviet Union's increasing unwillingness -- or inability -- to continue carrying the Cuban economy has created severe shortages of flour, bread, razor blades and TV sets. The long-standing U.S. trade embargo continues to take its toll as well...
...hard-ball squash this year, couldn't quite assimilate to Musto's vicious mix of three-walls. Recovering from a flu, Baker could not rely on endurance to nab a win. He was leading, 2-0, when Musto's hard-ball experience started to take its toll on Baker. Musto won the next three games...
...began the approach for its scheduled landing in Bangalore after a 90-minute flight from Bombay. Moments before it was to touch down, in perfect flying weather, something went wrong. Falling short of the runway by 4,000 ft., the plane crash-landed on a golf course. The toll: 90 dead and 55 injured. A sole passenger escaped unhurt...