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...fairer-sex counterpart, Association of Black Radcliffe Women (ABRW)—which became Association of Black Harvard Women after Harvard and Radcliffe merged—also had a firm idea of what it was about. When Ashong and Sleet came across some ABRW posters advertising a discussion on “What is Beautiful,” they laughed and jokingly decided they would go to the discussion...
...newcomer to the game of superpower politics, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, 57, appointed only a month ago. The two men paused briefly to exchange chitchat with the help of interpreters and to pose for eager photographers. Later Shultz declared that three hours of private talks with his Soviet counterpart had provided a "good first step" toward the Geneva summit meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev scheduled for Nov. 19 and 20. The comment sent ripples of relief through Helsinki delegates representing the U.S., Canada and every European country except Albania. The 35 delegations had convened...
...Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, Jordanian Prime Minister Zaid al Rifa'i and his Syrian counterpart, Abdel-Rauf al Kasm, apparently made strides in healing the long-standing rift between their countries. The two men met at the behest of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah. Syria severed diplomatic relations with Jordan in 1980, and the situation became even more strained after Jordan's Hussein put together his Feb. 11 agreement with P.L.O. Leader Arafat to reach a negotiated Middle East settlement with Israel. The signs of rapprochement between Hussein and Syrian President Hafez Assad raised the long-term possibility...
...year. Add the cost of shipping and other things, and we can employ 15 people in China for the cost of one Australian worker." Factoring in longer work hours and leave, the Chinese worker will also toil for 100 days a year longer than his Australian counterpart. Then there's the cost of components. Some companies can now land inputs from China at the price they used to pay for the raw materials. A few years ago, GUD closed the remaining Sunbeam plant in Sydney. Sunbeam products - kettles, toasters, food processors, irons - are now designed in Australia and made...
...There were 154 of us who went to Indonesia, and in the nine weeks we were there we treated 3,600 people and performed 292 major surgical procedures. I met my New Zealand counterpart on the phone, and 12 hours later her unit and mine were working together. There were so many people coming to us from everywhere. And you don't just look after the patients in those situations, you get to know their families too. You hear their stories, and you form a very close connection with them. And in Aceh, as in East Timor, there was overwhelming...