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...struggle has all the classic images of a revolution: machete-wielding peasants, gun-toting men in uniform, alleged acts of sabotage. But the rebellion brewing in Honduras has an unusual rallying cry: Bananas! For nearly a century, U.S. giant Chiquita Brands International (formerly United Fruit) has enjoyed a virtual monopoly on the republic's banana exports. But many growers today want to sell their produce to Fyffes Group, a British fruit company offering $4.40 a box, vs. Chiquita's estimated...
Last month, while Congress was debating China's most-favored-nation status, China announced the release of 211 dissidents arrested during the crackdown. Since Bush announced his support for most-favored-nation status, new arrests have been reported. Observers say that those released are still under virtual house arrest...
Over the past year such violent Mohawk vs. Mohawk clashes have become commonplace on the 28,000-acre St. Regis reservation, as a bitter quarrel over lucrative casino operations has escalated into a virtual civil war. Heavily armed pro- and antigambling factions have battled for control of the main road through the reservation, which straddles the border between upstate New York and Canada's Quebec and Ontario provinces. Last week the fighting reached a new and bloody peak: thousands of shots were exchanged in a three-hour gun battle that left two dead. Hundreds of New York State troopers...
Flood is a virtual no-name, a newcomer whose political time has yet to come, if ever. Silber's low poll numbers do not even have to be explained. Nevertheless, abortion will get its share--probably the majority--of debate at the Democratic convention, as well as throughout the entire campaign season...
...might expect a professor at this university--at any university--to lament the virtual destruction of a great center of learning. The sufferings of British sociology are no worse than those of other subjects--indeed, were Professor Patterson better informed he would realize that philosophy and anthropology have suffered most...