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...Spitak from around the globe began to head home last week. Ryzhkov, who spent 13 days in the area as head of a special Politburo commission supervising the relief efforts, offered a grim tally before he returned to Moscow. The number of dead, he reported, was certain to exceed 55,000. Relief workers had rescued 15,300, while 514,000 had been left homeless by the quake. The cost of rebuilding Armenia: much higher than the original estimate of $8 billion. Said a weary Ryzhkov: "A disaster is a serious test not only for friends but for leaders...
Gorbachev's figures do not quite add up, since manpower in the divisions he intends to demobilize appears to exceed 50,000. There are an estimated 585,000 Soviet troops in the three nations, so shrinkage would be only 8.5%. These reductions would have little impact on combat effectiveness or the Soviet army's intimidating effect on the occupied nations...
...trade agreements, technology, labor costs all play a role. But progress still depends on people who can communicate effectively, calculate accurately and act conclusively. "You can make the exchange rate anything you want," says American Express's Gerstner. "If you don't have the human capital to equal or exceed your competitors, you will fall behind." The report cards are out, and businesses are going to great lengths to make the grade...
...size of the deal and the fortunes to be made appear to exceed any foreseeable benefits to U. S. industry. Seldom has corporate behavior seemed so questionable. -- An interview with RJR President Ross Johnson, who started the scramble. See BUSINESS...
These lines of reasoning have so lowered expectations for the Bush presidency that some Washington insiders are predicting the briefest honeymoon in history, a gridlock of indecision, even the inevitability of a one-term presidency. In short, President-elect Bush appears perfectly positioned to exceed expectations yet again...