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Carmen Miranda Goes to Bali
Cartwheeling Kids
I'm puttin' on my tophat
The Fallacy of Prohibition
Sleeping at the Job
Gummy Squares
Toy Boats
One Photo, Please!
The National Sound
Same same, but different
Medical
Health Insurance
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Lasting
Impressions of...
Peru
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Mestizo women wearing large,
white plastic tophats under which long black, shiny braids hung, sometimes
tied together with ribbon, and multiple voluminous skirts
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Early 70's model Dodge taxis,
souped-up and packed with at least eight people, belching noxious
leaded-gasoline exhaust
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Women toting loads of stuff
(babies, groceries, etc.) on their backs tied on with mantas,
or colorful blankets
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Bicycles loaded down with
huge piles of bright green guinea pig fodder
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Signs urging people to vote
for Fujimori, and signs urging death for Fujimori
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Young kids selling cigarettes,
candy, and postcards on the street (also presumably where they live)
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Red plastic bags hung on
poles and put outside the windows of small drinking establishments
indicating the days when the local corn brew, chicha, was available
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Bars competing furiously
for the tourist dollar, including showing recent movies for free
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Incanissmo, the revival of
interest and pride in the Inca culture by the people of Peru
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Lots and lots of dogs, roaming
the streets purposefully, as it they had an appointment
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Aggressive restaurant employees
shoving menus in your face and then reading them to you, in hopes
of convincing you to each at their establishment
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Bad local TV, including a
variety show that came on at lunchtime that featured one really horrible
entertainer for most of one hour
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Fast, cheap Internet connections
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