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...that may eventually come to his rescue. At the top of the list is a thriving state economy because of the coal boom. Personal income in West Virginia is rising at the eighth fastest rate in the nation. From 1970 to 1977 it doubled, increasing to $6,068 per capita. The Governor also has an ability to keep cool. He remains, to a large extent, the unassuming, engaging antipoverty worker who first came to West Virginia 14 years ago, a carpetbagger who chose to stay. His wife Sharon, 33, the daughter of Illinois Senator Charles Percy, is a definite political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Rookies with Big Dreams | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

Besides all this carefully tended electoral machinery, Costa Rica has some advantages that help it maintain its allegiance to democracy. For one thing, political divisions are not sharp in a country that has achieved broad literacy (90%) and an average per capita income ($ 1,100) that is the highest in Central America. Costa Rica also benefits from a productive influx of European immigrants and a vigorous middle class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica Shows How, Again | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...largely precludes the possibility of any man on horseback seizing power by force. With no external enemies or guerrilla problem to deal with, Costa Ricans feel no need for armed muscle. Shrugs Foreign Minister Gonzalo Facio: "If we spent money on arms, we would probably have a smaller per capita income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica Shows How, Again | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

This jungle Siberia is the maximum-security wing of a detention system that may give Laos the sad distinction of having more political prisoners per capita than any other country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LAOS: Thorns Appear in Lotus Land | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...million to government coffers last year. But the $432 million budget (9% of it allotted to the military) has a deficit of $89 million, and the national debt stands at $1.6 billion. That translates into $930 for each of the 1.7 million Panamanians -only $270 less than per capita income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Panama's Rewards of Ratification | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

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