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...difficult years to survive before it does. "1990 was a year of good news; 1991 is a year of bad news; but 1992 will be a year of good news again," says Gunter Albrecht, chief economist of the German Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry. "In the autumn we will see the start of an upturn, and things will improve day by day." He cites harbingers of recovery: small businesses in the service sector to generate consumption, a rise in construction and a growth in banking to finance...
Congressional Democrats are seething over NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF's condemnation of Washington "fairies" who exaggerated the dangers of war. Many legislators contend that during a Riyadh briefing last autumn, the general emphasized the strength of the Iraqi army and predicted as many as 20,000 U.S. casualties. "This guy contributed in no small degree to the Democratic opposition to the war," complains a Senate staffer...
Eugene Bennett, 65, one of the city's few black Teamster leaders, gained control of the local last autumn after a power struggle with Salerno's distant cousin Frank and son Robert, a retired New York City cop. Bennett has investigated and dismantled the union's skimming arrangement, which operated through most of the 1980s. While employers were obligated to make payments on behalf of employees to the local's health and pension plans, an estimated 1,600 parking-lot attendants were kept out of the union and its funds, Bennett says. The workers, most of them illegal aliens from...
...fielded a much weaker squad than its fall edition. In two meetings last autumn, the Terriers outlasted the Crimson twice, including a 25-19 triple-overtime victory in the New England playoffs...
...Chief of America's armed forces. It was an opportunity that came just in time. After a long honeymoon with the American people, the President's baffling flip-flops on taxes and a gathering recession caused his approval rating to fall to a so-so 53% by last autumn. The buildup to war followed by the breathtaking weeks of combat made Americans forget all that. Soon after Kuwait was liberated in February, Bush's popularity rocketed to an unprecedented 86%. Democrats could only gape in awe at his upward trajectory...