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...emerging South be seen as readily as in Jimmy Carter's state of Georgia. The Southern boom has urbanized and industrialized Georgia more quickly and completely than the rest of the Deep South. Georgia leads the region's indexes of growth and change. However, at the same time, per capita income is only 80% of the national average, the dropout rate the nation's highest, government expenditures for education and social services among the lowest. A rich cast of politicians continues to vie for the state's allegiance...
...prices and generous attitude have attracted numerous Harvard students. Bob Roth, Marin's co-worker, estimates that more than 100 students from Harvard have bought papers from QBS so far, making Harvard QBS's largest customer on a per capita basis...
...Instead, he insisted that North Korea was poised for another attack on the South. "The situation is reminiscent of the eve of the Korean War," he said. Park also pointed to the great economic gains made during his regime. In the last ten years, South Korea's per capita income has more than tripled (to $223), the G.N.P. has soared from $1.8 billion to $7.2 billion. He called for more hard work under a new five-year economic program. He promised: "By the end of the forthcoming economic plan, every straw-thatched home in Korea will have its roof...
...from the U.S. But he squandered much of the funds on grandiose prestige projects like the model city of Duvalierville, now a collection of decaying buildings overgrown by jungle. The U.S. finally cut all but a trickle of aid in the early 1960s. Under Duvalier, Haiti's per capita income of less than $75 remained the hemisphere's lowest, and the country was still racked by disease and hunger...
...capital. Of the 500 largest industrial companies, as measured in last May's FORTUNE list, 125 have their headquarters in Manhattan. The growing exodus, however, hits troubled New York City where it hurts the most: in prestige and the pocketbook. Already skirting municipal bankruptcy, despite the highest per capita tax load in the U.S., the city cannot afford a commercial hemorrhage. Trade and finance are the city's lifeblood, the main creators of new jobs and a major source of taxes, nourishing its coffers as well as its culture. Unless the outward migration of offices is reversed, even...