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...preparations for war succeeded only because the country had manpower, skills, resources, and industrial capacity enormous enough to succeed in spite of itself," Brinkley writes. "And because a nation coming out of 10 years of deep depression had a great pool of men and women who had been unemployed for so long that they were hungry for jobs and eager to work anywhere, anytime, doing anything...
...with the stories that the Morgans tell when the Morgans themselves make such good stories. The laughter is a little mean, but it's forgiveable, because the Morgans use storytelling to elicit cheap pity and to load guilt on Myers and his wife for having been bad tenants. Myers' spite is a small comfort that he permits himself, a weapon against the know-nothings that the Morgans represent...
...spite of her academic achievements, many of Raisa's fellow citizens perceive her as having risen to prominence not so much through merit as through marriage, something of a throwback in an egalitarian society like the Soviet Union. "Raisa Maximovna ought to be more modest," says a young village woman. "If we knew she was a help to her husband on these trips and didn't just go along to enjoy herself, our whole impression of her would be different." Adds Luda Yevsukova, a Soviet emigre in Washington: "She's a normal woman who married well. She gets nice clothes...
...drug kingpin? No, the fugitive was Oliver North, whose disdain for congressional investigators is legendary. This time a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee is demanding to see North's diaries, which may mention drug dealers who were mixed up with the Nicaraguan contras. In spite of the subpoena, North refused to surrender: he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination...
...spite of the bill's merits, President Reagan has vowed not to sign it. Sure there are some dubious provisions, such as the many pet projects of Congressmen more interested in their constituents than in an effective trade policy. Rep Beryl Anthony (D.-Ark.) inserted a provision lowering tariffs on watch parts, a move that would benefit the Timex plant in his district. Rep. Don Bonker (D.-Wash.) wants to restrict plywood imports that hurt his state's timber industry...