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...gripping drama of the rescue effort gradually gave way to exhaustion and a sense of futility, stunned Colombians turned their attention to assessing the damage and rebuilding their lives. The official count of the dead and missing topped 25,000, making the Nevado del Ruiz blowout one of the deadliest eruptions in recorded history. At least 8,000 people were left homeless by the volcano. Thousands of acres of prime agricultural land were destroyed. The threat of disease had to be curbed, along with a wave of looting and banditry. And there was the political fallout, with many charging that...
...country blithely suggesting that the U.S. could build SDI (he loathes the term Star Wars) with today's off-the-shelf technology. While Graham may be the most zealous of the pro-SDi salesmen, he is an amateur compared with its leading pitchman, Ronald Reagan. The pro-SDI forces count on the President's uncanny ability to convince the public that good old American hard work and know-how can make any dream come true...
However, private and collective enterprises, though they are growing rapidly, are still a relatively minor force. At last count, 10.6 million registered private businesses with sales of $8 billion employed 15 million workers, or 4.5% of China's nonfarm work force. Roughly 1.7 million collectives employ an additional 100 million workers; in several provinces they have become the dominant form of business. Nationwide, though, more than 85,000 state-owned enterprises account for a heavy majority of jobs and four-fifths of China's industrial output. Until very recently they operated under a system that Mao had copied from Stalin...
...blue-ribbon law schools. "She's a woman for all sea-sons," proclaimed Columbia President Michael Severn, calling her appointment "just one facet of an extraordinarily gifted human being." And in a pointed comment he added, "She is too solid a choice to allow her being a woman to count. I wanted the best possible person...
Last week Ohio brought the two-thirds count a little closer when it became the 17th state to pass a seat-belt bill. On New Year's Day, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Mexico and California had all snapped in, bringing to 13 the number of states now requiring motorists to buckle up or pay fines of as much as $50. By mid-1987, when Louisiana, Indiana and Oklahoma will have joined the list, nearly 58% of the U.S. will be covered. Experts question the long-term effectiveness of such laws, however, pointing out that compliance wanes rapidly. While...