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Other nations have ambitious plans of their own to develop new superfast commercial jets. Only a day after the State of the Union address, the British government announced that it would provide research money for a space plane called HOTOL, an acronym for horizontal takeoff and landing. It would be designed to fly at about the same speed as the proposed Orient Express. France's state-owned aircraft company, Aerospatiale, has more modest plans to build a second generation of the Concorde, the only supersonic commercial jet now in service. The so-called Son of Concorde would...
Around the world, reaction to the dramatic end of the Duvalier dynasty was one of almost uniform relief. Said President Reagan, hours after Duvalier had left and the new Haitian government had been installed: "We're waiting for them now to develop something to restore order." Declared Republican Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole bluntly: "I'm glad he's gone. Good riddance. I'm glad they had an airplane...
...Nobel Peace Prizewinner Andrei Sakharov, will win his freedom any time soon. Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner was given permission last fall to visit Boston for treatment of a heart condition. But Gorbachev told the French Communist newspaper L'Humanite last week that the nuclear physicist, who had helped develop the Soviet hydrogen bomb, "is still considered in possession of state secrets and cannot leave the U.S.S.R...
...Kishin Shinoyama, whose photos of actresses and models have appeared in leading Japanese magazines. "There will be a new generation of shutterbugs who will grow up with the idea that high-quality cameras can focus automatically." Thanks largely to the Maxxum, professionals and amateurs alike are already beginning to develop that notion...
...unjustified assumption here--namely that the eight times normal sales of the annual swimsuit issue are purchased by men. After all, SI trumpets the issue's cover story as "our annual salute to swimsuits." If the magazine is simply providing a service to women--giving them adequate time to develop their beachwear wardrobe before the rush of spring shopping--then perhaps the issue's huge sales are due to widespread popularity among women...