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Virtually every corner of Mexico's diverse geography is touched by the economic blight. In the northern Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental mountains, which is the storehouse for an array of mineral wealth, mining production has declined by 10%. Mexico's manufacturing industries and light assembly plants, many of them concentrated in the smog belt that envelops Mexico City, are wilting. Because of foreign-exchange controls imposed last September, the dollars necessary to buy imported raw materials and spare parts are not available. About 36,000 trucks and 25,000 buses are stuck on Mexican assembly...
...political and historical, not geographical. There are no natural barriers between the two nations. The Rio Grande does not separate, it unites. But the sameness of the landscape only accentuates the social and historical differences. They are most visible ethnically and, above all, economically. The wealth of the U.S. and the poverty of Mexico are usually expressed in social and political terms: development and underdevelopment, the policies of American expansionism and Mexican defensiveness. This opposition is real enough, but the true difference is more profound. It has been apparent since the birth of the two societies, when...
...think there is something to be learned from my story of how I got to know Professor Kistiakowsky, the ideas he shared with me, and the way he helped me to grow here at Harvard. The faculty have a wealth of knowledge, advice, and encouragement to offer students which they really want to share with us. We students should try to take advantage of this opportunity, despite our reservations, so that we can benefit. Not that all professors are eagerly awaiting students to come sit and chat with them--Professor Kistiakowsky certainly never felt that way; he was a serious...
...impact upon various municipal services also various from very negligible to severe cuts, depending upon a community's per capita wealth and previous level of taxation...
...encouraging either the growth or selection of a particular style of pottery." The pieces showed continuing variety: white glazes, hard stoneware, porcelain, greenware; dishes of great poise and deceptive simplicity. Even humble spittoons were elegantly designed with a finely crackled finish. Tregear includes hundreds of pictures, plus a wealth of details-the design of the kilns and the chemistry of the clays. The missing ingredient is the Song spark of genius, which disappeared with the coming of the Mongols and has never been reignited...