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Rather than give the government unlimited expropriation powers, the legislation scrupulously exempts the large, highly mechanized coastal sugar holdings and efficiently run highland livestock ranches that are vital to Peru's economy. Instead, it aims mainly at haciendas of 3,000 acres and up that do not pay their way, are either uncultivated or marginally productive under present ownership. The landholders-whether private citizens, companies or the Roman Catholic Church-will be paid fair market value for their expropriated land in cash and 18-to 22-year bonds bearing 4% to 6% tax-free interest; livestock, buildings and equipment...
...most thinly settled population (3,600,000) is in Norway, a beautiful land that is 75% lakes, mountains and glaciers. To sustain its people, Norway exports lumber products, aluminum and 90% of the catch from rich fishing grounds such as the Lofoten Islands. But the nation's most vital resource is its merchant fleet. With 2,833 freighters in operation, Norway has more tonnage afloat than the U.S. One man who controls much of Norway's shipping is Niels Onstad, who lives in a spacious white mansion outside Oslo with his wife, onetime Skating Star Sonja Henie. Many...
Sweden is either miracle or mirage. In summer, all 173,423 sq. mi. of it seem to be filled with dimpled, unattached blondes. In fact, only 40% of Sweden's 3,700,000 women are blondes. The country also lacks such other vital resources as coal, oil and fertile farmland. Like the other Scandinavian countries, Sweden must export to survive. In desolate Arctic wilderness lies Sweden's treasure, the greatest reserve of high-grade iron ore in all Europe. In this wasteland of rock and ice lies Kiruna, which claims to be the world's biggest city...
Some suggest that Dirksen wanted to placate the conservative wing of the party. This they argue, gives him the image of a "reasonable" man and allows him to exert strenuous leadership in support of vital, liberal, bi-partisan measures like the Test Ban Treaty and the Civil Rights Bill...
...ferreting out opposition and collecting "donations" from terrified businessmen. Even Duvalier's own henchmen live in mortal fear. Using Haiti's pervasive voodoo mysticism, Duvalier has set himself up as the pseudo religion's top practitioner, and fearsome tales that he performs ghoulish rites on severed vital organs of his enemies flutter like bats through Port-au-Prince...