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Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar is finally dead ((Drugs, Dec. 13)). But even if Escobar's rival Cali cartel cashed in all its chips, the highly lucrative cocaine market would be taken over by operators in one of several other countries. The concept of drug legalization should be given serious consideration. There is substantial support from influential libertarian- conservatives for ending yet another nefarious prohibition...
...morning and turns them off at night." Darrell Owens, a 14-year Best Buy veteran, once stayed up for three days in a row to write a report that was suddenly due. He got a bonus and a vacation, he says, but first, "I ended up in the hospital." Cali Ressler, a human-resources executive, had noticed an alarming trend: women were accepting the reduced pay and status of a part-time position but doing the same work because it was the only way to get the flexibility they needed. "If we keep moving the way we're moving...
Fayad's death coincided with a full-scale assault on M-19 strongholds near the mountain city of Cali. Army commanders, who brought helicopter gunships and light tanks to bear, reported that 219 rebels and 28 government troops have died since M-19 began a campaign of sabotage and terror in January. SOUTH AFRICA Good News, New Bans...
...that covered us and left me without visibility. The cockpit filled with smoke and heat and the smell of sulfur." The blast charred the nose of the DC-8 and turned the aircraft's windows white. Flying only on instruments, Cervero diverted the plane to the city of Cali, 20 minutes from Bogotá. Making his final approach, the pilot said, he had to push open one of the cockpit's side windows in order to catch a glimpse of the airport's runway lights. He landed safely...
...missing. The initial Nevado del Ruiz blast sent steam and millions of tons of ash into the Andean air, but the debris was followed by almost no lava. About 90 minutes after the initial detonation, there was a second. It was so forceful that it shook the air in Cali, 150 miles to the southwest. Said a civil defense worker in that city: "At first I thought it might be a terrorist bombing in our neighborhood...