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...treaty, which will be formally signed this week in New York City, provides for the phased withdrawal of an estimated 50,000 Cuban troops. It also sets April 1 as the trigger date for the implementation of U.N. Resolution 435, which calls for Namibian independence and for supervised elections in the onetime German colony. The deal, delicately linking interests among all the participants, promises an end to two long-running conflicts: it caps the 13 years of hostilities between South Africa and Cuban-backed Angolan forces, and it clears the way for a cease-fire in the 22-year...
...receiving waste (primarily clothing and tools contaminated by radiation) from Rocky Flats and nine other atomic plants around the country this month. In theory, the salt will creep back around the waste, sealing it harmlessly into the earth. But safety concerns and legal problems have put off the opening date to -- well, when? August at the earliest, says the Department of Energy...
...thing, the P.L.O. has yet to amend its charter's infamous Article 19: "The partition of Palestine in 1947 and the establishment of the state of Israel are entirely illegal, regardless of the passage of time." For another, Israelis remain fixated on an important date. In 1964, when the P.L.O. was founded, the very land most of the world now believes the Palestinians would settle for was still in Arab hands...
...behind in the race to the top because my desk diary lacked the fat glossary of practical information that people like Michael Korda take for granted. It is galling to admit that I have at my fingertips neither the international dialing code for Abu Dhabi nor an up-to-date list of bank holidays in Kuala Lumpur. Even worse, I am forced to rise from my swivel chair and wander down the hall each time I need the name of the concierge at the Hotel George V in Paris. In contrast, about the only power tool my Daily Planner offers...
...advice on space programs and the greenhouse effect. Many of them go directly to the source with their questions. If Asimov has respect for the interrogators, he answers thoughtfully, in detail. If not, he has a habit of assuming an abstracted, extraterrestrial manner, as if he had a lunch date on the other side of time...