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...national and municipal offices. Although the Honduran constitution requires a President-elect to win a plurality of the votes, Azcona, 58, a civil engineer and a candidate of the Liberal Party, quickly claimed victory, promising a new government based on "honesty and austerity." Callejas' National Party has vowed to appeal the results to the Honduran Supreme Court...
...remains the largest and most successful American company in Japan. It controls an estimated 26% of the computer market, which makes it a close second to Fujitsu, whose share is 28%. The reason is IBM's consistent ability to create computers that appeal to the specific needs of the Japanese consumer...
...Senators, including twelve Republicans, wrote Reagan urging him to resume test-ban talks to "demonstrate to the world that both you and Mr. Gorbachev are willing to take concrete steps to further reduce superpower tension." After years of tortuous arms-control negotiations, a test ban has the popular appeal of a quick and easy fix, harking back to the enduring 1963 treaty to end nuclear tests in the atmosphere, underwater and in space...
...verdict was a major victory for Reynolds and for the tobacco industry as a whole, which currently faces more than 40 similar liability suits. Lawyer Belli plans an appeal, based on Judge Bruce Dodds' refusal to admit important evidence about the Surgeon General's reports on the hazards of smoking...
...disgusting that in our worsening deficit crisis we are still hearing only of proposals for revenue-neutral tax reforms. Worse yet, proponents of the current House Ways and Means tax-reform bill are selling it primarily on the basis of how much it will cut taxes. The appeal is to greed rather than to our nobler instincts of common sacrifice for the common good. Robert D. King Kennebunk, Me. Gander Crash...