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Tired of the rat race? Now comes a chance to revitalize yourself and a rural community at the same time. Residents of Minnesota's Koochiching County, whose biggest town is International Falls (pop. 10,000), are trying to boost their sagging population by giving away up to 40 acres to each brave soul who takes up residence there. To qualify, applicants must be financially self-sufficient and bring a business or a useful skill with them. The county has received 27 applications, four of which have been accepted...
...biggest fear among law-abiding Chicago traders and brokers is that evidence of shady dealings will inspire Washington to clamp down on the freewheeling markets. Already Texas Democrat Kika de la Garza, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, plans to investigate the Chicago exchanges. Congress could decide to beef up the relatively tiny agency that oversees the Chicago markets, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or transfer the authority to the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Figuratively speaking, at least," laments a futures broker, "there'll be police in the pits from...
...reaching changes that have swept the U.S. during the 1980s. Among them: the growing transformation of the world into a single, global marketplace in which the U.S. is just one player; the frightening decline of American competitiveness, which has helped turn the country into the world's biggest debtor; the runaway growth of U.S. service industries, which has made productivity and other important measures of the economy increasingly slippery to calculate...
...Fill 'er up!" In these days of buck-a-gallon gasoline, millions of + Americans belt out those words with relish in filling stations from Honolulu to Hartford. But the cost of that tankful could soon take its biggest leap since the oil-parched 1970s. Reason: a hefty increase in the federal gasoline tax may be coming down the road this year. To an increasing number of politicians and economists, a gas-tax boost would be one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce the 1990 budget deficit. The idea could quickly gain ground among congressional leaders...
...fierce battle raged in Australia, where some veterans groups denounced Hirohito as the "biggest war criminal on earth." Said Bruce Ruxton, Victorian president of the Returned Services League: "Going to his funeral would be like going to the funeral of the devil." Prime Minister Bob Hawke skirted a decision by acceding to protocol, which does not usually require the Australian head of government to attend the funeral of a head of state...