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...usual, the burdens created by today's shortfalls are borne unevenly. The Soviet elite has always had access to luxury shops, and even many ordinary Soviets buy groceries through factory and office outlets that offer a wider selection than is available in state stores. But not all rubles are created equal: a top Soviet bureaucrat can buy a food package that may include canned crab, high-quality cheese, imported hard salami and lean meat. For a factory worker, the package would more likely contain chicken, less desirable cheese, domestic sausage and canned fish. Even some of the artful dodges developed...
...Soviet appliances by visitors from abroad. As a practical matter, the rules will affect mainly East Europeans paying for their travel with other soft currencies who sometimes find in the Soviet Union products that are scarce at home. Western visitors and residents will continue to have access to a wider selection of consumer goods than most Soviets enjoy at stores called beriozkas that deal only in much desired hard currencies...
...Morans' attorney, Brackett Denniston, told Zobel that bail is "inappropriate" in this case, arguing that the Morans are "renowned in their communities and widely respected." Denniston then lashed out at the prosecution for presenting a graphic description of the facts, which was "directed at a wider audience...
...reader is drawn into the boy's mind, and follows his leaps from bemusement to reminiscence to stark realization of death's actuality. What began as an elegy for the father develops into a journal documenting the son's progression into maturity even as the letter progresses into wider and wider circles of society...
Voters who approved a rollback in auto premiums may inspire a wider revolt. -- Why Ross Johnson' s overreaching grab for RJR Nabisco infuriates his board of directors...