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...symposium entitled "The Future of Our Federal System," held at the Law School. The symposium was chaired by Byrne Professor of Law Richard T. Stewart and attended by Sen. William Roth (R-Del.) and William T. Coleman, a Washington lawyer who served as Secretary of Transportation during President Ford's Administration...
...Ford and Coleman both argued that the federal government has become overburdened with responsibility and that the states should try to develop local solutions to their problems...
...suddenly become Detroit's most abundant wellspring of style and mystique. Chrysler signed a deal in June to boost its stake in the Maserati sports-car company from 3.5% to 15.6%, and plans to bring out a jointly produced convertible priced in the $30,000 range by fall 1987. Ford, meanwhile, is negotiating to buy a majority share of sports-car maker Alfa Romeo...
Although Zimbabwe is deeply in debt, it put on a flashy show for its visitors. Many of the 2,000 delegates were put up in houses and apartments especially constructed for the conference, while others lived in the homes of wealthy Zimbabwe whites. Fleets of Mazda, Peugeot and Ford cars were rushed off local assembly lines for the visitors. Zimbabwe officials were embarrassed, though, to admit that many of the goods to run the conference, ranging from jet fuel to computer printouts, had to come from neighboring South Africa, a country whose racial policies were roundly and regularly condemned...
...contentious issues were given new fuel by last week's Mexican report. It found fault with the Jalisco police, but also charged irregularities on Cortez's part. The American agent was first stopped on Aug. 13 because the 1986 Ford Cougar he was driving had improper license plates. At Cortez's side, the report claimed, was Antonio Garate Bustamante, a former Guadalajara police officer who had been jailed on charges of extortion but was later cleared. Inside the trunk of the car was a semiautomatic rifle and an UZI submachine gun, both of which are illegal in Mexico. To make...