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...services of the nation to be drawn ons But a pair of widely separated major confrontations-a Soviet threat to the Persian Gulf oilfields, say, and a blowup in Korea-would pose a real problem. General John A. Wickham, the Army Chief of Staff, fears that U.S. commitments "probably exceed the force capabilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Much Can America Do? | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

...August results were the first for Cambridge to exceed the federal standard since the testing was begun in 1979, according to a spokesman for the state department. She added that tests will be conducted quarterly as long as any of the concentrations are above...

Author: By John N. Tate, | Title: City Tests Say Water Meets Standards | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

Inexpensive autos, in fact, could become an exclusive franchise of Japanese manufacturers. The average price of a U.S.-made car is expected to exceed $11,000 in the current model-year, an increase of 143% over the $4,523 cost in 1974. "You can see a lot of list prices starting at $7,500," says Ben Bidwell, executive vice president of Chrysler. "But by the time you build them the way the average person wants them-with AM/FM stereo, power steering, power brakes, automatic transmission and air conditioning-it's pretty hard to keep them below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detroit's Fragile Comeback | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

Under the system, farmers are free to leave the land and benefit from the local government's retirement and welfare system. Rotner, who has done extensive analyses of the villa's finances, says the workers by law receive wages on par with other Italian farmers, which in some cases exceed blue-collar wages in Italy...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: 'Medieval' Farmers Busy at Villa I Tatti | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

...also entitled to select "demonstration sports," and has chosen baseball and tennis. With American competitors in such abundance, Wolper thought $200 million would not be unreasonable. Outbidding CBS, NBC and an independent consortium that included Norman Lear, ABC paid $225 million. Including foreign rights, broadcast revenues should exceed $300 million, one-third of which goes to the International Olympic Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Eve of a New Olympics | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

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