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...moment, SDI is still more theory than hardware, and has yet to attract the hordes of high-tech defense lobbyists bred by other weapons systems. But as Star Wars evolves, the usual suspects will no doubt hungrily line up at what Democratic Congressman Norman Dicks of Washington calls a "space barrel." With some estimates of the cost of building SDI ranging up to a trillion dollars, Star Wars could prove to be the most capacious pork barrel of all time. So far, SDI research has been funded to the tune of $2.385 billion ($1.397 billion in the past year), spread...
Shenzhen has been China's boomtown since 1980, when Peking designated it a so-called Special Economic Zone. Though three other border cities in south China--Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen--also received unprecedented freedom to attract foreign money and technology, none have grown so dramatically as Shenzhen. Its population has swelled from 30,000 to about 380,000 since 1980. Shenzhen has signed more than 150 foreign-investment agreements, worth over $700 million. Some 400 businesses call Shenzhen home, with another 300 on the way. Wages average $79 a month, nearly double the rate in China's other cities...
...arouse strong opposition. Some observers were particularly wary of the provision to relax laws to allow mergers of rival firms in distressed industries. Said Joe Sims, a Washington, D.C., antitrust attorney who represents large industrial companies: "It's got to be a real lightning rod. It's going to attract a lot of controversy and criticism...
...surgeon in private practice. The comparison is misleading. A private surgeon must pay for his office, the salaries of his personnel, his equipment, his insurance and his own retirement plan, all of which are provided by the military for its physicians. It may be difficult for the military to attract doctors, but not because of salary. Carie D. Buckley III, M.D. Staunton, Va. Shcharansky's Survival...
Insurers grudgingly concede that they went all out to attract premium income that could be invested at those towering interest rates. They wrote liability policies that posed a high risk at premiums low enough to almost guarantee an underwriting loss; competitive rate-cutting slashed some premiums by 20% or more. But the insurers never got the bonanza they expected. Underwriting losses rose faster than investment income grew even when interest rates were at their peak...