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Garnering facts from worn-out administrators would not, of course, be the only facet of the Institute's program, as Neustadt has sketched it. A core of scholars from Boston's universities would be brought to the Institute to meet with resident and visiting "fellows." There would, presumably, be seminar discussions of political issues, books written by senior public officials, and sets of memoirs produced by collaboration between an experienced politician and a younger...
...East or Far West. Shady suburbs surround the "crossroads of the nation" in a long are of affluence. In mid-state, a broad swathe of black top-soil has nurtured corn and conservatism for nearly a century and a half. And in the South, a barren tableau of worn-out coal fields and sleepy towns--Cairo, Illinois, is closer to Mississippi than Chicago--is punctuated only by the Negro slums of East St. Louis...
...imports reached only 70% of their scheduled level; because of this, Cuban industrial production was off 16%. Moreover, said Che, "we are undergoing serious tension in a number of factories because equipment is rapidly going to pieces." The only sources for parts are "cannibal" shops, which strip spares from worn-out equipment and graft them onto salvageable machines. In some cases not even cannibalism will stir the equipment back to life. Guevara complained angrily about the "absence of labor discipline." But he also admitted that there was not much to work for these days. "The people want more things...
Children with lung damage already far advanced received little benefit, but those with only moderate damage showed remarkable improvement after continuous treatment for two years or more. They could be far more active physically, they slept better (a boon to worn-out parents), they gained weight, and one grew three inches in 18 months as compared with only three-quarters of an inch in the preceding 18 months...
...solved. Newspapers and magazines will be transmitted by radio and either stored on tape or printed on receivers right in the living room. Pocket-sized communications devices will keep everyone in instant touch, and physical ailments will be diagnosed by computer and cured in many cases by replacing worn-out parts with factory-made ones. Money may be eliminated; customers will merely present their thumbs to an electronic scanner that will automatical ly deduct the purchase price from their distant bank accounts...