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...Minister of Internal Affairs, Vitali Fedorchuk, who became notorious for brutal methods when he was KGB chief in the Ukraine. "You can't imagine the scale of these sweeps at stores, restaurants, movie houses and even the public baths," said Medvedev. The purpose of the raids is to root out individuals who do not possess residence permits to live in the capital and other major cities or who have taken time off from their jobs. Medvedev described one operation at the Univermag supermarket near his home. Two busloads of uniformed police swept down upon the shoppers and demanded...
Many of those cookies may be washed down with P & G soft drinks. In 1980 the Cincinnati company bought the firm that makes Orange Crush and Hires Root Beer, and some industry watchers predicted that it was only a matter of time before P & G came out with a cola drink. Reason: colas account for about 62% of all soft-drink sales, and the conventional wisdom is that a company without a cola cannot make big money in soda...
...restore order in Matabeleland, the Mugabe government last August launched Operation Octopus, an offensive by seven army battalions that netted 450 suspects. But in their zeal to root out dissidents, the soldiers roughed up many of the Ndebeles, increasing the tribe's hostility toward the Mugabe government. Last summer saboteurs wrecked 13 planes, about 25% of Zimbabwe's air force, while ZIPRA rebels abducted six tourists (two Americans, two British and two Australians) returning from a trip to Victoria Falls. Nkomo disavowed the crimes and traveled through Matabeleland urging the locals to aid in the hunt...
...gifts will benefit about 6000 refugees, mostly women, children and elderly men, who fled to the camps in late 1980 after the Salvadoran military undertook a "clean-up campaign" to root out leftist guerillas, Ronan said...
...root of the problem lies with the operetta itself. The Harvard group would have been wise to follow the example of other G&S troupes, which seldom if ever mount this little-known work by the famous duo. As a matter of fact, the story of the colonization of Utopia and its incorporation into Utopia Limited borders on the inane and tedious. Not only do the lyrics and score lack the crisp wit and euphonic melodies that characterize most G&S operettas, but also most of the satire falls flat in front of an American audience. It isn't until...