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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Corporate efforts to reduce stress range from the commonplace alcoholism program to on-premise exercise facilities, meditation classes and company-sponsored biofeedback. At the Equitable Life Assurance Society in Manhattan, employees with frequent stress-related health complaints participated in an in-house biofeedback program and reduced their average number of visits to the company medical office from two dozen annually to fewer than six. According to Psychologist James Manuso, who ran the project, Equitable saved $5.52 in medical costs for every dollar invested...
Nonetheless, Reagan's free-style format for the meeting carries its own risks. As chairman, he is required to master a wide variety of foreign trade and political matters that have never been his strong suit. To ensure against embarrassing flubs, Reagan has held frequent briefing sessions with a shifting cast of experts. Another hazard is that the unstructured nature of the meeting will make it easier for the foreign leaders to air any conflict that they choose to bring up. Says one of Reagan's summit advisers: "There's no question that this is a riskier...
Israel scored a modest gain in improving the security of its northern border towns. But the cost was extremely high: the lives of almost 500 Israeli soldiers. Even now, under frequent guerrilla attacks, the Israeli forces are suffering far higher casualties than the civilian losses of northern Israeli communities before the war, and this creates considerable dissatisfaction back home. Says a State Department official: "Begin is learning the difficulty in a democratic society of waging a prolonged war. When the going gets rough, the home pressure is to pull out." While Begin remains politically secure, he is beginning to feel...
...Bouterse drifted gradually leftward. Soon he was visiting Fidel Castro, singing his praises and allowing the Soviets and Cubans to open well-staffed embassies in the riverfront capital of Paramaribo. Nevertheless, Bouterse's revolutionary fervor remained relatively lackadaisical: he never bothered to nationalize private enterprises or muzzle frequent criticism from the press...
Typical was the scene last Wednesday at a meeting of the 50-member, all-Democratic city council. Frequent howls of "Point of order!" rose from the chamber floor as spectators catcalled back. At one point in the heated 2½-hour session, Alderman Edward Vrdolyak, Cook County Democratic chairman and boss of the Chicago Democratic machine, shouted at the presiding mayor: "Government by chaos, Mr. President. Rule or ruin! Are you a dictator?" When Washington threatened summarily to clear the chamber, Vrdolyak, 45, known as "Fast Eddie" for his slick political skills, leaped to his feet, held out his arms...