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...great tragedies present American politics, said, is that the "future of humanity is treated as an enormous pork barrel in which Senators and Congressmen try to get good for their constituents...
Five Percent. No one expected Russians or their satellites to go hungry, or to start a rebellion over the price of pork chops. But there was a deeper, less obvious connection between hunger and history. In the years following World War II, when the Communists marked their greatest gains, their ideological appeal was based on the "revolution of rising expectations." They promised food to the hungry, a better life to all. The great turning point came when ideology had to be replaced by performance. "Communism as an ideology," wrote Milovan Djilas five years ago in The New Class, "has mainly...
...year veteran in the House of Representatives, Buckley heads the pork-barreling Public Works Committee. But he is seldom there: last year he had the worst absentee record in the House, responding to only 21% of the roll calls...
What dazzles the refugees is the abundance of food. Every crowded Hong Kong street is redolent of salt dried fish and the sharp smell of pickles. Vendors offer oranges, bananas and cakes; the stalls of Market Row gleam with eggplant, squash and tomatoes. Workers throng the pork shops to buy succulent halves of crisp, glazed pig. Store fronts are filled with families clustered around rice bowls and side dishes of meat and fish...
...Nasser's socialists were in charge. Two months ago demonstrations against the government broke out among students and workers. Early last week a delegation of young officers called on President Koudsi at El Mohjerin palace to present their demands for sweeping reforms. They called for dissolution of the pork-barreling Assembly, declared themselves in favor of new elections. Koudsi asked time to consider their demands. While he was considering, the armored cars rolled...