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...Carlucci may feel a twinge of envy on his travels in the Soviet Union. While the Pentagon is awash in public procurement scandals, the Soviet armed forces operate behind a veil of secrecy that even insiders cannot always penetrate. Marshal Akhromeyev stunned his hosts during his recent U.S. tour by conceding that military leaders do not know precisely how much the Kremlin spends annually to develop weapons. Procurement as well as research and development is funded by the central government, he said, and the costs do not show up in the military budget. Those two items alone represent close...
...Behind the firm's drive to become the world's unrivaled financial heavyweight is Yoshihisa Tabuchi, 56, a forceful and intensely competitive 32- year Nomura veteran, who became its president in 1985. A former salesman and retail-branch manager, Tabuchi believes Nomura's aggressive style of selling and dealmaking can work in any market, no matter what the language or currency. Nomura, after all, has a big advantage over foreign rivals -- and Tabuchi knows it. Says he: "Japan has simply become the world's source of capital...
...miles a day on hilly New England roads may not seem especially restful, the popularity of bicycle vacations is soaring. Vermont Country Cyclers, founded in 1980, has been growing between 30% and 40% a year. Travelers can ride for a day or a week, with a van driving along behind to carry luggage and give a lift to the lagging. "Someone once described it as credit-card camping," says Feldman, who is planning a trip this month with a rival outfit, Vermont Bicycle Touring. "You get to go out and see everything, then eat the gourmet food...
...enact a reservations-only system for the area's campsites. "It's hot and dusty, but it's the most spectacular riding I've ever done," says Doug Emerson of Boulder. "You expect a dinosaur or John Wayne and a bunch of bandits to come out from behind the rocks...
Tears well up in Joy's eyes as she stands at the pulpit one Sunday evening offering testimony to all that God has done for her family. David sits in the pew behind Nancy, combing his sister's curly blond hair, inattentive to his mother's preaching. Nancy blows bubbles with thick pink gum. Stephen lies across a nearby pew, asleep. "Boring," Nancy says. Only David stands with his father to sing the final hymn...