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...just four months before the country's bicentennial, the Aborigines have reason to hope for better times. Prime Minister Bob Hawke announced earlier this month that he was seeking a "compact" of understanding with the powerless Aborigines. "Before 1987 is finished," said Hawke, "it would be good to have some clear acknowledgment that in the 200 years of European settlement, considerable injustice has been done to the Aboriginal people...
Compaq President Rod Canion, 42, seems ready for the challenge. Only 4 1/2 years ago Canion, a former Texas Instruments engineer, joined two associates to found Compaq. He led the company to quick success by bringing out compact, top-performing IBM-compatible machines at competitive prices and by cultivating a loyal network of dealers. Today the company (1986 revenues: $625 million) is enjoying its second year in the FORTUNE 500 (ranking: No. 409). Its $51 million in profits for the first six months of 1987 represents a 185% gain over the year earlier...
What you see is a compact-model candidate, 5 ft. 8 in. tall, with a mop of dark brown hair just beginning to gray at the temples, caterpillar-thick eyebrows and an aggressive Grecian nose tempered by a soft, almost shy smile. But in the Democratic presidential race Dukakis is as hot as a Friday-night traffic jam heading for Cape Cod. Ever since he unveiled his long-shot candidacy in March, Dukakis has been running like a modern-day Hermes in wing- tip shoes. He inherited most of Gary Hart's Iowa organization, raised a record $4.2 million...
...nest-building commuters, the place to go is Chicago's Warshawsky & Co., which bills itself as the largest auto parts and accessory store in the world. It offers in-dash televisions ($300), compact-disc adapters, orthopedic seat cushions, heated seats for winter, and computers with cruise control and estimated time of arrival (up to $149). Upscale drivers install $2,000 car phones (although in Los Angeles, where there are 65,000 subscribers, airwaves are jammed in rush hours). Ordinary folk can ape "techie" drivers by ordering an imitation antenna from Warshawsky for a mere...
...last week, Paul McCartney was back at Abbey Road Studios to pay homage to the 20th anniversary of a record that has sold 15 million copies and whose lyrics evoked comparisons with Tennyson and T.S. Eliot. EMI Records, for its part, celebrated the occasion by releasing the album on compact disc. As a group of well-wishers and Wife Linda watched, McCartney cut a cake shaped like the drum on the album cover and listened to the music that for many epitomizes the spirit of the psychedelic '60s. "It still sounds fresh," remarked McCartney, 44. "Was it really 20 years...