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...going to need massive injections of investment because of the problems that apartheid has created. I mean the backlog in education, in housing and so forth, and we do want to get money into the economy. So please don't let all your funds go to Eastern Europe...
...disaster's most poignant aspect was the number of children on board -- estimates ranged from seven to 15 -- who were being flown to the U.S. for adoption. Because Colombian courts recess from Dec. 15 until Jan. 15, there was a backlog of Americans in Bogota who had received permission to bring their adopted children home. The approvals came just in time for some to catch Flight 52. At least two of the children are known to have survived, but the fate of the rest remained unclear at week...
Kavanaugh said the Boston agent has contacted the New York FBI office, asking them to find and interview the caller. But because of a backlog of cases and the low priority accorded to phone harassment, the bureau has yet to take any action...
...West: Wild. From the supercharged Pacific Northwest to struggling Arizona, no region claims a wider range of strengths and weaknesses. Paced by high-flying Boeing, which is working off a four-year backlog of aircraft orders, Seattle is attracting newcomers from across the country. The median price of a Seattle home rose 23% in the third quarter to $110,000, marking the largest increase in the U.S. By contrast, Phoenix is mired in a real estate depression in the wake of a heedless building spree. Lenders foreclosed on more than 15,000 residential mortgages last year, up nearly 20% from...
Seamy deals have contributed to a New Year's backlog of congressional ethics investigations. -- The medfly is bugging Californians again...