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Though the Soviets hunger for Western technological imports like computers and machinery, they have problems marketing their own products to the West in return. The only Soviet exports sold easily abroad, in addition to vodka, are raw materials such as petroleum and gold. Despite attractive prices for Yak-40 passenger jets or Lada cars, Western countries have shown little interest in low-quality, dowdy Soviet merchandise. The Soviets usually are forced to dump their exports on the soft-currency countries of Eastern Europe or the Third World...
...muse moved her while she and film friends watched Peter Bogdanovich's Paper Moon. "They kept saying how marvelous the Tatum O'Neal character was. So I said, 'Listen, guys, I was the same type of child, only I grew up with German troops and hunger and death.' They told me to write it all down." The result: My Adult Childhood, a mosaic of young life under Nazi occupation that has brought such a flood of letters it may end up as-what else?-a movie...
Some in the city blame Harvard and MIT for much of the housing squeeze, pointing to the universities' insatiable hunger for land and continuing expansion. Nearly 58 per cent of all property in the city is tax-exempt, and the tally grows larger every year, a report released by city officials a month ago shows...
...ceremony, in fact, the shah's remarks were far from controversial, stressing humanitarianism more than anything else. Proposing a plan for the "Universal Welfare Legion," an international program along the lines of the Peace Corps, the shah spoke passionately against hunger, bigotry, poverty and ignorance. More ironically perhaps, the shah also decried the oppression of mankind...
...rigorous admission standards, lack of a persuasive recruiting program, absence of a physical education or similar "quasi-academic" major, and refusal to indulge in many other athletic ego-stroking actions, limits the University's appeal. Many of the nation's blue-chip prospects, who have athletic tunnel vision and hunger for a high-caliber program, are not going to be attracted by the educational advantages of a Harvard. Yet inexplicably, Harvard often competes against the very schools that do harbor such hot-shots. The handicap that Crimson teams must confront in contests is both clear and substantial...