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...analysts point out that Gorbachev vitally needs the support of his country's 50 million Orthodox Christians in order to succeed in his far- reaching reforms. The Russian Orthodox Church is the largest organized body in the Soviet Union, far exceeding the Communist Party in membership. Says one Western expert on the Soviet Union who attended the millennium: "This is a society facing social disintegration. They have a youth that is disaffected, an intolerable abortion rate and a serious alcohol and drug problem." Religious believers, points out this observer, "tend to be constructive members of society. I don't think...
...about the same time, Iran launched what at first appeared to be a successful offensive into northern Iraq. The push was stopped by a counterattack in which the Iraqis, according to the Iranians, used poison gas; hundreds of Iraq's own civilians perished in the city of Halabja. Iran Expert Shaul Bakhash of George Mason University says the combination of Iraqi missile and chemical attacks disheartened the Iranians. "It brought home to them for the first time that they were exposed and alone...
Many economists dislike earmarked taxes because they make public budgets less responsive as funding needs change. Another pitfall vexes Steven Gold, a tax expert at Denver's National Conference of State Legislatures: "Voters are sometimes misled when they support earmarking, because new revenue sometimes just offsets money the state was already spending." Nearly $500 million annual earnings from California's lottery are designated for public schools. Yet the schools' share of the state's budget has fallen by $443 million. That general-fund money not spent on schools is available for politicians to spend (or squander) on larger staffs, salaries...
...savviest parts of Ford's strategy is its alliance with Mazda. Instead of continuing to engineer its own small cars, Ford decided to rely on an acknowledged expert. Each partner brings strengths to the collaboration: in general Ford provides the styling while Mazda supplies engineering and manufacturing expertise. The first Mazda-engineered Ford, an $8,500 compact called the Mercury Tracer, appeared in March 1987 and was followed two months later by the two-door Festiva subcompact ($5,900). Last year cars that Mazda helped develop accounted for 3% of Ford's sales, and that percentage will rise substantially with...
...appeals, however, few labor disputes reach the national level. While the regional offices of the NLRB are expected to adhere to the precedents of the national board, they "don't tend to have an image of leaning one way or the other," according to Professor David Kuechle, a labor expert at the Graduate School of Education...