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...REAL ENEMIES of Chilean economic and social progress were Chile's upper class and the United States. From the first month after Allende's election, right--wing extremist groups tried assassination and terror to spark a middle class Red scare and a military revolt. Management struck factories which workers forced to stay open; workers established committees for self-defense and to distribute goods directly to the people...
...actually discriminate against fat people, or do fat people lack the spark and drive to achieve the $25,000-to-$40,000 earnings bracket, just as they lack the self-discipline to keep their body in the proper weight bracket...
Selinger, a 6 ft. 1 in. junior, came off the bench in the second half to spark the Crimson. He scored nine points, most of them on challenging the UConn big men with drives to the basket...
Simply by keeping his auto tires properly inflated to reduce friction, a driver can save as much as 50 gal. of gas per year. Still another 75 gal. can be saved by keeping an engine in tune: ignition timed, carburetor checked, pollution-control valve cleaned, filters and spark plugs repaired or replaced...
...principle which enables Skelton to come to peace with himself is a spark between the metaphysical and physical, so all-consuming, that it destroys any possibility of cooperation...