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...serious questions about the fate of Hughes' empire. In Nevada, his aviation companies and seven hotels and casinos-including the Sands, the Desert Inn and the Castaways-are the second largest employer (more than 6,000 people) after the Federal Government. His aviation and defense companies even now affect the national interest; for example, Hughes Aircraft, which is the U.S.'s ninth biggest defense contractor, produces the Phoenix air-to-air missile, the Hellfire air-to-surface missile and radar...
Hall said he could not mention the name of the corporation he will head at this time, because it is currently involved with a reorganization and merger that could affect the title he assumes...
...that human nature is universally corrupt, that greed, vice and pettiness are not limited to any one social class--are as valid as ever, much of the play's humor derives from specific references to 18th century mores that are necessarily dated. To be sure, high class ladies still affect airs and politicians are still crooks, but we no longer comprehend Gay's jabs at Walpole and his ministers, nor do we have as much patience with the constant appellation of every woman as "hussy" or "slut". Not, for that matter, is The Beggar's Opera any longer completely successful...
...than the recent troubles on the Israeli-occupied West Bank (TIME, March 29); in fact, only two Arabs have been killed and a few wounded on the West Bank since February. At week's end, Israeli Arabs and Jews alike were desperately trying to assess how the violence would affect what had long been regarded by Jerusalem as the special relationship between the two communities (see following story...
Since China's economy is booming and its society is stable, the current tensions will probably only affect the political leadership. They are, as Donald W. Klein, research associate at the East Asian Research Center, said yesterday, an example of Mao's dedication to his belief, "To rebel is good...