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...early willingness to include in the Qur'an an acknowledgment of three female deities and his later repudiation of these verses as satanically inspired. If Muhammad himself was willing to admit that he had been deceived, it is difficult to see why a tangential, fictional version of this long-ago event should cause such contemporary furor...
...long ago, the U.S. steel industry was floundering in its worst recession since the 1930s. One reason: since the mid-1970s, global demand for steel has stagnated at about 475 million tons a year, but mills have been producing an average 700 million tons annually. The huge oversupply sent prices and profits into a tailspin. In the U.S. the years of reckoning were 1982 through 1986, when losses amounted to $12 billion...
...they expire next fall, but steel buyers like Caterpillar complain that prolonging the VRAs will boost costs. According to industry analyst Peter Marcus of PaineWebber, steel prices have risen 6% since early 1988, to $509 a $ ton, although after adjustment for inflation, they remain $40 less than five years ago. Critics are also concerned that a new set of VRAs will bring back Big Steel's complacency...
When the Yugo subcompact was introduced into the U.S. four years ago, its promoters billed it as the next Volkswagen Beetle. But last week Global Motors, importer of the Yugoslav-made car, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The car's initial allure was its low base price, which started at $3,990 in 1985 and is now $4,349. But the car ran into competition from South Korea's Hyundai Excel, which began selling...
...Baker sees "something promising." With a shotgun cradled in his arm, he bends. Then very carefully, so as not to destroy the evidence, Baker fondles what he confidently identifies as "some very fresh" turkey droppings. "From this morning," he says. "They've been this way not very long ago. Walk quietly, and keep your eyes peeled. It's just like every other game. You master it by creating an edge...