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...comparison with the disappointingly small improvement in the previous month's results. The disclosure of those results on Oct. 14 helped trigger the crash five days later. Despite September's narrowing, the trade gap remains huge by any standard. At the current rate, the 1987 deficit is likely to exceed last year's record of $156 billion by some $10 billion...
...Cambridge city ordinance, which Harvard has used as a guideline in setting its policy on performances at Forbes Plaza, requires that noise must not exceed 80 decibels within the city limits...
...airline flights gained altitude last week. In the first legislation of its kind, California prohibited smoking on flights that begin and end in the state as of Jan. 1. Whether the law can be enforced, however, is an open question. California Governor George Deukmejian admits that the legislation may exceed the state's authority, since federal law gives % the U.S. Government the right to regulate the airlines...
...stigma attaches to the love of money in America, and provided it does not exceed the bounds imposed by public order, it is held in honor. The American will describe as noble and estimable ambition that our medieval ancestors would have called base cupidity...
...tanker war raged around them. As they proceeded, yet another flotilla of U.S. warships sailed into the Gulf of Oman. The arrival of the battleship U.S.S. Missouri and five escort vessels brought the total U.S. naval force in the region to 46 ships. The Western armada may soon exceed 60 ships when additional British and French vessels arrive. And last week Italy announced that it was sending a naval task force to the gulf to protect its merchant shipping...