Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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March of the Pots. Allende's second mistake was to assume that the middle and upper classes would placidly accept his "Chilean road to socialism" so long as all things were done constitutionally. They never did. "If we have to burn half of Chile to save it from Communism, then we will do it," threatened Roberto Thieme, leader of an extremist right-wing organization called Fatherland and Liberty. More moderate opponents were less outraged but equally adamant against Allende's plans to broaden state controls. Opposition parties, controlling both houses of Congress, fought him all the time...
Frei needed nationalization to restore Chile's economic sovereignty. But the feeble infant Chilean industries produced only luxury goods for the tiny upper class. Only nationalization accompanied by a marked income redistribution to create a market for Chilean production could have started Chile on the path to industrialization--and income redistribution was precisely the step Frei, crippled by his ties to the right, never tried to take...
...prejudices. It was basic Muzak -- a cheerful scampering over the "Saturday Morning" melody with a saccharine string and brass ensemble. It wasn't a great performance, but it was spiced up (and immeasureably improved) by the periodic squeals filtering down from the trolley stop on the upper level. These interruptions punctuated the melody pretty well, salvaging an otherwise sorry performance...
...upper and lower levels at Park Street present the same tunes in different settings. Downstairs, the speakers are subtle and the Muzak low-keyed. Upstairs, because of the openness and noise, the Muzak is piped over bullhorn speakers at a louder volume. The result is a nasal blaring sound, like something that would come out of the PA system at a Nixon rally. The upper level is a better place to listen -- if only because the trolleys are better equipped to drown out the melody. But when they are absent, the high-decible Muzak is nearly unbearable...
...RESISTANCE grew among Chileans to the continued plundering of the country by North American businesses in league with a tiny yet powerful Chilean upper class, the Left grew slowly through the forties and fifties. A prominent figure in the Socialist Party, one of the Left's spearheads, Allende gained national attention. For the most part, he left medicine aside, realizing that the bent and broken lives of his people demanded political and social solutions...