March 19, 1991 (vol. 101, iss. 114) • Page Image 3
…&Kuwaitis ttempt o mend ~conomy KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Gaso- ine is free, but it's tough to find a chocolate bar at any price. Un- skilled Filipino laborers have sud- Zenly become the subject of bid- ing wars. In one of the world's ichest countries, hardly anyone has money. Kuwait's once prosperous econ- omy is now distinguished by widespread shortages and quirks ;hat are bewildering Kuwaitis as rey try to recover from the Gulf 'We don't know what...…