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...loosened some of the restrictions on political activity, the moderates have been struggling to find a way of persuading the dictator to yield to a civilian electoral process. The latest plan was offered in August 1985 by an impressive coalition of eleven centrist and rightist parties called the National Accord, which was put together by Juan Francisco Cardinal Fresno. But Pinochet rejected out of hand the Accord's request for elections, the return of exiles and freedom of the press...
...AVIV, Israel--Prime Minister Shimon Peres flew to Washington yesterday to meet President Reagan and to try to gain U.S. backing for the accord between Israel and Egypt calling for an international conference on the Middle East...
...California consulting firm, showed that Honda enjoyed the country's highest customer-satisfaction rating, edging out even luxurious Mercedes-Benz. The latest manifestation of Honda's vaulting ambitions is its bold entry into the U.S. luxury-car market. Well established in the so-called yuppie market with its comfortable Accord, the company takes aim with its latest entry, the Acura, at such upscale trademarks as BMW and Saab...
...during the energy-short 1970s. One of its first models, the tiny Civic, which was introduced in 1973, posted fuel efficiency of 29 m.p.g. and sold for as little as $2,150 (current base price: $5,749). The company soon broadened its demographic appeal by introducing the larger, upscale Accord (currently $9,389) in 1976 and the Prelude ($11,592) in 1979. Intense demand for the cars prompted Honda's serendipitous decision to construct its pioneering Ohio plant, a complex now capable of producing 220,000 autos annually. The factory, built alongside a Honda motorcycle plant, began producing autos...
...drawings explaining the design and operation of Soviet nuclear reactors. The report will serve as a working paper at an IAEA meeting this week to discuss the international implications of the Chernobyl disaster. About 80 nations were slated to send delegations. Participants are expected to approve a new accord in September for the sharing of information about any future nuclear accidents. Said Petrosyants: "The accident at the Chernobyl atomic-power station badly affected Soviet atomic-power engineering, and will undoubtedly have an effect on the world's atomic-power industry as a whole...