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Several states have passed tough new legislation. Utah and Florida have enacted laws against delivering deceptive sales pitches by phone. California set up stringent new licensing requirements for telemarketers. New York is considering a law that would give consumers three days to cancel a telemarketing purchase. But, say law-enforcement officials, the crooks keep inventing new schemes to ensnare unsuspecting people who pick up the phone. For now, the best defense is to keep in mind an old saying that covers any kind of deal: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably...
...also ordered a sharp crackdown on dissidents, arming police divisions with M-16 rifles and abandoning a policy that prohibited firing on protesters. The move sparked violent demonstrations in six cities. Ironically, Roh's original decision to cancel the referendum had won widespread support, including that of opposition leaders, who feared a positive vote would damage their own chances in the elections scheduled...
...Perez's first moves after taking office in 1985 was to reduce payments due on Peru's $14 billion foreign debt. As a result, Peru is virtually cut off from all fresh foreign credits. Last September Garcia imposed a rigorous austerity plan designed to curtail imports, stimulate exports and cancel subsidies. But critics say his efforts are still insufficient to halt Peru's downward slide. And Garcia refuses to make any deal with international banks that would require the country to pay more on its debt than it would receive in new money. "It's not that Peru is refusing...
Indeed, Wisconsin did show well in its first-round series against St. Lawrence last weekend in Canton, N.Y. The East's third-seeded team had to cancel its reservations on Air Minnesota after only two games...
...Quiggle faced a different kind of revision. Her job is to develop a plan for the sequence of all the editorial and advertising pages each week so they make a smoothly readable magazine. TIME's advertising staff immediately told Japanese advertisers that they were free, if they wished, to cancel ads in that issue as a mark of deference. Several Japanese companies did so, leaving three blank pages. Within hours Quiggle rejuggled the book, as it is called, into a successful new combination. "Every week brings a unique set of problems," she says. "The trick is to solve them quickly...