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Chicha is the national alcoholic beverage, made of fermented corn. It has a slightly bitter, unpleasant taste. Many women in the valley undertake the long process of drying, sprouting, crushing, and aging the corn kernels in order to supplement the often meager income provided by their household's farm. The...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: Bolivia | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

As to your final conclusion that "Americans are no longer afraid of communism, of creeping socialism, of homosexuals, or of foreigners"--if they are not, then the nation is in for some very unpleasant surprises.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNPLEASANT SURPRISES | 2/22/1974 | See Source »

"Why are you so unpleasant?" a female admirer once asked James McNeill Whistler. "My dear, I will tell you a secret," the cocky 5-ft. 4-in. American painter replied. "Early in life I made the discovery that if one is delightful, one has to thrust the world away to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mother's Boy | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

Faye Bennet said that when her husband and she became aware of the illness, they decided to accept its unpleasant nature without trying to escape its implications. "My wife gave me strength, comfort and above all she gave me love," said Bennet.

Author: By Efthimios O. Vidalis, | Title: Physician and Former Cancer Patient Discuss Total Patient Care Treatment | 1/24/1974 | See Source »

Why did Yugoslavia and Cuba succeed in achieving independence? Why didn't their respective patrons suppress their independence movements, as they did in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Chile? Certainly the Yugoslavs and the Cubans were brave, certainly their leaders were astute. But Hungary and Guatemala had their heroes...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: Fighting for Independence: Two Victories | 12/12/1973 | See Source »

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