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...sluggish levels of U.S. and world growth that could easily tail off into global recession, especially if American interest rates, already on the rise, should climb too high. In the background is the ugly accumulation of Third World debt, an unstable mass that if not properly managed could still crush the world financial system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alan Greenspan: The New Mr. Dollar | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...about 215, while errors by overtaxed air controllers jumped 18%. The looming safety crisis prompted James Barnett, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, to recommend earlier this month that the FAA take "immediate action" to reduce air traffic at key airports before the anticipated summer air-travel crush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Red For La Guardia, Brown for J.F.K. | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

Last week's spasm of police head knocking and teargassing made it clear that Chun is determined to make good on past threats to crush the opposition. But the violence also proved that South Korea's debate over democratic reform cannot be stifled by the wishes of a single autocrat; quite possibly it cannot be stifled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea A Volcano of Unrest | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

...purpose left-wing dish. Recipe for a Communist: Preheat a Third World dictatorship whose principal devotions are to its own maintenance and anti-Communism; coddle an oligarchy that controls 90 percent of the national wealth; skin off an educated middle class through exile or intimidation; chill dissent by suppression; crush peasants and workers with hunger and debts that make progress impossible; let foreign corporations porations drain the country of raw materials; stir in an army that reports only to the dictator and operates through terror and torture; garnish with corruption; combine all ingredients with sponsorship by the world's biggest...

Author: By Peter Davis, | Title: Contra-ctual Obligations | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...Gerkin, 6-2, 6-1. Meanwhile, Engle and Laddin recorded a 7-6 victory in the first set of second doubles action. The duo was down 6-1 in the tie-breaker before bouncing back to capture eight of the next nine points. The doubles contigent went on to crush Pack and Gerkin, 6-1, in the second...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Tigers Tip Netmen, 5-4, in Finale; Crimson Finishes League Slate at 5-3 | 5/8/1987 | See Source »

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