BULGARIA'S BOUNCERS

A PAUPERIZED PEOPLE TAKE TO THE STREETS TO DRIVE THE SOCIALISTS OUT

You earn $20 a month. In December the price of bread jumped 23%, and you spend a third of your salary on the daily loaf. The bank where you saved the proceeds of your ingenuity and hard work for the past seven years closed its doors eight months ago. You once had a car, but it was stolen. Inflation is devaluing the little cash you have at the annual rate of 310%. What do you do? You take to the streets and jump up and down to the roaring chant of "Anyone who doesn't jump is a Red."

It's slightly oddball...

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