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What services did not close down for lack of funds were wrecked by Macias' often inexplicable decisions. Malabo's lone-electric generating plant has been out of commission since it blew up two years ago after Macias decided that it should be operated without lubricating oil.
Carter was at his best in the forum he seems to like most: a "town meeting," in the sweltering Bardstown high school gym, which was jammed with 2,100 people who had waited up to three hours for good seats. Shedding his jacket and rolling up his sleeves, Carter was...
Mrs. Thatcher's success was all the more remarkable in light of the animosity that had greeted her on arrival. Zambian reporters asked her rude questions and crowds booed her. During a reception at the British High Commission in Lusaka, a group of her expatriate countrymen advised her, "Don...
Unfortunately for the beleaguered utility, its film may now need some editing. For the past four months, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), among others, has been looking into the causes and effects of the nation's worst commercial reactor accident. Last week, in a report that is sure to...
Critical as the investigators may have been of the utility, the NRC itself got a wrist slap from Congress. In a report approved by a 29-to-2 vote, the House Government Operations Committee severely chided the commission for failing "to demonstrate strong constructive leadership" in developing evacuation plans and...