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Harmed most of all may be Panama's banking industry, which has served as a haven for thousands of depositors who demand confidentiality and security. After anti-Noriega demonstrations broke out last summer, nervous investors quickly yanked at least $500 million. When banks reopened last week, the government allowed depositors to make a monthly withdrawal of only 25% of checking-account balances, to a maximum of $10,000, and just 5% of savings accounts. Bankers fear that the restrictions, designed to control the cash drain, will ruin Panama's reputation as a safe haven. Says one: "We have been mortally...
Families from all over the country and the world pay top dollar for transportation to Cambridge and hotel accomodations for Commencement week. Most hotels charge much higher prices during this time and demand a minimum stay of three nights. For those families who live farther away and for those students with larger families, the cost of attending graduation is considerable...
Carter's policy of promoting efficiency and conservation vastly reduced demand for oil. The improvement in passenger car fuel efficiency from 1973 levels saved more than twice as much oil in 1986 than was imported from the Persian Gulf. Between 1977 and 1985, while the number of registered automobiles increased by 20 percent, oil use declined by 15 percent. Carter's efforts saved the nation $150 billion every year in energy costs. Yet the Reagan administration lowered the required standards for automobile gasoline mileage...
...time to address the neglected problem of petroleum depletion, before another energy shortage strikes. We must subsidize research for new recovery techniques, synthetic fuel and alternative energy sources. More importantly, we must renew the campaign to reduce demand for energy through conservation...
...before, he is rigorously informative about the hard, occasionally grotesque labors that disproportionate passions demand of their victims. If you thought you learned more than you needed to know about the creation of the perfect noodle soup in Tampopo, you may now feel you are finding out more than you require about tax law and outlawry in contemporary Japan. But arcana have their own peculiar charms -- and their special usefulness in Itami's larger design. When his single-minded characters are thwarted in the pursuit of their hearts' odd desires, they have a tendency to burst into sudden, angry flame...