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...soul by reforming your way of thinking. You will be allowed enough clothing and basic furniture to carry on a normal life, but you won't be allowed to maintain a standard of living above that of the average worker.'' Before he left, he told me, ''It's the objective of the proletarian revolution to form a classless society, where no one is above anyone else.'' After living in Communist China for 17 years, I knew that such a society was only a dream because those who seized power would invariably become the new ruling class. Even this very junior...
...knows. But for some reason, library shenanigans—such as last spring’s impromptu 3 a.m. dance party—were blissfully absent from the library proper even during reading and finals period. The café has rewarded the social types with a haven and the worker bees with a respite from their hated disrupters...
Leathers' genius for organization became apparent on the first day of construction, when he roamed everywhere on the site, calmly answering questions and giving advice. Teams of workers built the playground section by section, assembling the numbered pieces of wood as they would a giant jigsaw puzzle. Age did not seem a barrier: Henry Stiles, 71, a retired maintenance worker, dispensed the tools collected by volunteers (including 15 rasps, 30 saws and 25 shovels), while a group of first-graders sanded wood. Tiffany Greenis, 8, carried trays of apples and carrots to workers, while her mother Lynn picked up fresh...
...Years each worker will continue to get paid, or he can take up to $40,800 in loans to start a business...
...Democrats supplanted Republicans, the losers were best known for extremist fearmongering on the immigration issue. Indeed, Napolitano set the tone for Rocky Mountain Democrats in 2005, declaring a state of emergency and asking President Bush to move the National Guard down to the border--but also supporting a guest-worker program and eventual citizenship for those already here illegally. "The Republican Party has spent a lot of time eating its own, with the far-right making war on moderates over immigration and values issues," Napolitano told me. She then showed me, in a whirlwind tour of Tucson...