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...reassurance, the colony's residents eagerly followed the initialing ceremony on TV, then stood in line in blustery weather to snap up 1.25 million free copies of the long-awaited agreement. But their sense of relief was distinctly clouded. While presenting a confident face in public, many businessmen have already surreptitiously sent their funds and families abroad. And in response to a poll conducted by one Chinese-language newspaper, nearly 80% of the colony's residents admitted to doubts and reservations about their future freedom. "Hong Kong as it is is finished," pronounced a Chinese businessman with close...
...WEEKS these questions took the place of a political campaign while the issues took the back seat. Because of Ferraro's political prominence, the affair cost the Zaccaros personally several hundred thousand dollars and is reported to have had a negative effect on their real estate business. Not surprisingly, businessmen who refuse to bear such scrutiny are being deterred from entering government service. Finding a successful businessman who has never "stretched" a bit on a tax form could keep one busy until the next election...
...Supreme Court's Jaycees ruling would seem to go farther, since the businessmen's group does not receive state subsidies. But don't mistake the current High Court as progressive, Consider this statement by Associate Justice William Rehnquist during oral arguments: "If you have an organization of all male stockbrokers (who) are solely concerned with the business of stockbrokering, it seems to me that the great focus on stockbrokering may be very little different between men and women...
...college is not a pre-requisite for success in any number of other non-athletic fields. But, insist the defenders of the the present intercollegiate sports regime, football and basketball stars must also demonstrate aptitude and dedicating for college-level academics--even though those standards aren't impressed on businessmen or bakers...
...years businessmen and women have yearned to keep in touch while airborne. In 1980 the FCC awarded an experimental developmental license to Oak Brook, Ill.-based Airfone, Inc., partially owned by Western Union, to test their system on long-distance, wide-bodied flights. By the end of the year, a number of carriers, including United and Delta, are planning to offer in-flight phoning. More than business will be done at 30,000 ft. Says American's public relations manager, Joe Stroup: "We now see the passenger calling Aunt Bessie to tell her what time he'll arrive...