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...Amid recriminations, the remains of the Challenger crew are recovered. The Pentagon's secret budget swells dramatically...
...segments of the U.S. economy and be extremely costly for every policyholder, taxpayer and consumer. Every day brings word of new repercussions: doctors raising their fees, playgrounds closing, swimming meets being called off, transit systems facing financial jolts, fraternities having their coverage canceled, oil-field service companies closing down. Amid all of the attendant finger pointing, a serious search is under way for some solutions...
...horrible damages from negligence and equally emotional sessions with insurers who thought that they were being driven out of business by Americans' greed." In the course of her reporting, Washington Correspondent Anne Constable was similarly struck by the human and legal dimensions of the liability-insurance problem. Says she: "Amid all the tangled issues that lawmakers are sorting through, there are some real flesh-and-blood stories...
...Popular Alliance, the main conservative opposition party, urged people to abstain, claiming the referendum was just a political ploy by the Socialists. One prominent voter who ignored the boycott was popular King Juan Carlos, who said he was doing his "civic duty" when he and Queen Sofia cast ballots amid television cameras at a school near their Madrid palace. The King does not vote in municipal and general elections so that he is not seen as taking sides in partisan politics...
...Amid takeover wars, BankAmerica's president resigns. IBM fights the blues. U.S. autoworkers go to school in Japan...