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Since coming to power in 1983, Argentine President Raul Alfonsin has tried a variety of economic programs in an attempt to control inflation, now steaming ahead at an annual rate of 1,010%. While well intentioned, his efforts have generally been viewed with the same skepticism that attends an inveterate smoker's vow to quit even as he reaches for his third pack...
...uses other Friedrich images prominently. It was a back-to-nature approach, a middle ground between the conservative 1975 Seattle Ring, which was strongly influenced by Arthur Rackham's 1910-1911 book illustrations, and the experiments at Bayreuth, which included both Chereau's radical vision and Hall's muddled attempt at neoromanticism...
When people fight about spaghetti, the issue is usually whose mother makes the best sauce. Last week a dispute over pasta was simmering on an international scale. In an attempt to protect U.S. noodlemakers, President Reagan slapped a large tariff increase on European manufacturers. The tariff will rise from about one-tenth of a cent to some 10 cents per lb. on the price of noodles made with eggs and from one-eighth of a cent to 10 cents for eggless pasta...
...bomb exploded, killing 75 people and injuring 100. In Katmandu, capital of the remote Himalayan nation of Nepal, five bombs exploded at the royal palace and government buildings, killing seven people and wounding 240. The explosions came a day after King Birendra declared that he would thwart any "attempt to undermine peace and order." In London on Sunday, police set up cordons after a bomb was discovered in a hotel across the street from Buckingham Palace...
...with West European dignitaries, including seven Prime Ministers, present to witness the signing ceremonies for Spain's entry into the European Community. But before the festivities began, the day was marred by Basque terrorist attacks that left four dead and eight injured. The violence was believed to be an attempt by the terrorist group ETA to publicize its goal of independence for the semiautonomous Basque region. In a wave of assaults over the past six weeks, ETA has murdered 14 people and wounded...