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Medical difficulties forced author Ron Kovic to cancel his scheduled Class Day speech yesterday...
...Japanese, so how are we supposed to change?" asks Ha Jung Nam, deputy director of a Korean residents association in Japan. President Roh Tae Woo's scheduled visit to Japan this week ignited simmering anger in Seoul against the treatment of Korean nationals, and he was under pressure to cancel the trip unless the long-standing grievances were resolved...
...best-known targets in this mean war are Colombia's presidential aspirants. Moving to reduce the carnage, which has claimed three candidates so far, the government last week recommended that the rest cancel any remaining public appearances. All complied, except Social Conservative Party candidate Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo, who opposes extradition of narcotics criminals. Front runner Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, the Liberal Party candidate, favors continued extradition and no negotiations with the drug rings. He is No. 1 on the Medellin cartel's hit list...
Hundreds of towns will face layoffs as top military contractors slash their payrolls and cancel deals with smaller firms. Weapons manufacturers will scramble to develop new commercial products and expand markets for the military goods they will still produce. For many companies, the shifts will require fundamental changes in operating habits as firms accustomed to serving a free-spending Pentagon learn to compete with more efficient commercial producers, especially Asian ones...
Here, there is more room to wiggle. Tougher measures would include shelving arms-control negotiations, reducing Soviet access to high-technology goods and scaling back diplomatic contacts. For dramatic effect, the U.S. could cancel the Bush-Gorbachev summit scheduled...