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According to advocates of an SDI speedup, it might be possible in the mid- 1990s to orbit a space-based system of hundreds of satellites, called "garages," each capable of launching a dozen or so smart rocks that could strike Soviet missiles as they are launched. The system would also include ground-based smart rocks capable of striking warheads as they re-enter the atmosphere. Gerold Yonas, until recently the chief SDI scientist, says "even a modest deployment of this sort would run over $100 billion." By contrast, a full-fledged Star Wars system involving lasers and other futuristic technology...
...shown that this or any other vaccine preparation can actually protect people from infection. Predicts Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: "It is very unlikely that we will see a vaccine available for widespread use any earlier than the mid-1990s...
Some experts believe the economic climate is about to turn propitious for welfare reform. The competition for jobs that resulted when the baby-boom generation reached working age is becoming a thing of the past. In the 1990s fewer people -- those born during the baby bust, the period of low birth rates that began in 1965 -- will be looking for jobs. Says the Domestic Policy Council: "The baby bust will make it easier to lift America's welfare recipients up from dependency. Plenty of jobs will be available in the private economy, and at wage rates that will provide...
What faces the world's population, said Dr. Halfdan Mahler, the Danish director of WHO, is a "health crisis of pandemic proportions." Meeting it, he said, will require expenditures of $1.5 billion a year by the start of the 1990s for a massive global public-health program. In the past five years, there have been an estimated 100,000 AIDS cases throughout the world, most of them in North America, Africa and Western Europe. One million people are currently suffering from AIDS-related disorders. Moreover, as many as 10 million have been infected with the AIDS virus and are capable...
Ford has many strong products, however, that will help the company make a smooth transition to the next generation of vehicles. Ford hopes its Escort subcompact, the second-largestselling car in the U.S. after the Chevrolet Celebrity, will continue to haul in profits until the early 1990s. Moreover, Ford's truck sales, which represent 40% of the company's U.S. vehicle business, have jumped nearly 10% since last year because of the roaring popularity of pickup trucks and four-wheel-drive vehicles. For the next several years, at least, Ford's good times are likely to keep on truckin...