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...UNO platform pledged to scale down the bloated, Sandinista-controlled military, limit the sphere of government, reinvigorate respect for private property, proceed apace with privatization of Sandinista-nationalized corporations, decrease the influence of Sandinista unions and give those peasants who had been working on cooperative farms title to the land...
...Club MTV, dancing is more than a job; it is a way of life. After one taping, says Harper, "we all went to Uno's--and subsequently got banned from Uno's. They were playing music, and we started singing and dancing and disturbing people...
...When Uno's played Madonna's "Vogue, says Harper, the Club MTV cast went wild. "People were dancing on chairs...
...well. A corollary to the cult of personality is the principle that everyone but the leader is expendable. In addition to ensuring obedience, terror reminds the followers that they are cannon fodder in the struggle ("the mother of battles," as Saddam would have it) against all who oppose Numero Uno. The state itself becomes an instrument for achieving his goals, no matter how devastating to the interests of the people...
...year has become the traditional time of listmaking. (First Forgettable List of the Year: New Year's resolutions.) Lists may express people's instinct for order and compulsion to sum things up, but year-end lists also signify the American obsession with who's numero uno...