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...whole grand scheme is the dream of President Omar Bongo, who came to power in Gabon 18 years ago. A trip from the capital, Libreville, to the coast and back again then took up to 40 days by car. To unify his domain and its population, estimated at 1 million people, Bongo was determined to create iron paths through the jungle. The railway would also, he decided, give access to valuable hardwood and deposits of manganese and uranium...
...teenagers in the U.S. have a higher pregnancy rate than whites, whites alone had nearly double the rate of their British and French peers and six times the rate of the Dutch. Observes AGI President Jeannie Rosoff: "It's not a black problem. It's not just an East Coast problem. It's a problem...
...Carrie slips away and ventures back to her roots near the Texas Gulf Coast to discover what the viewer will have long suspected: the town of Bountiful no longer exists. The land there is used up, and the world has moved on. We are left to contemplate a modest triumph of the human spirit...
COVER: Airlines say "Happy New Year" with a rousing round of price rollbacks 40 Air travel used to be an expensive way to go, but a new fleet of cut-rate carriers, led by People Express, is now offering low fares from coast to coast and on hundreds of routes in between. The attractive price of tickets has encouraged more people to take more flights to more places than ever. Travelers who used to ride the bus or drive are hopping a plane. See ECONOMY & BUSINESS...
...Washington Post, military pilots posing as civilians have flown secret missions out of Honduras to pinpoint rebel radio transmitters in El Salvador, while other Special Forces agents have engaged in spookery normally associated with the FBI and CIA, like bugging Soviet officials in a hotel room on the West Coast...