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...only part of the story. They look at the fact that breast cancer is far less common in other parts of the world and conclude, ominously, that the answer lies in some facet of the American life-style. "Something in our environment is contributing," contends Dr. Marc Lippman of Georgetown University...
...Liberia's late President Samuel Doe, Siad Barre, a onetime policeman who seized power in a military coup in 1969, sealed his own fate by depending more and more on his kinsmen and overreacting to any challenge to his autocratic rule. Former U.S. diplomat Chester Crocker, a professor at Georgetown University, calls Siad Barre an "old-style, feudal, tribal chieftain." The country is ethnically homogeneous -- 98.8% are Somalis -- so there are no significant tribal hatreds. But its 8 million people are split into rival clans that have been battling one another for centuries...
...focused elsewhere. As time passes without meaningful action, options disappear, and the costs to present and future generations continue to rise. The urgency of the problems is too easily forgotten. "To some people, the whole concept ((of environmentalism)) is a luxury," says Madeline Albright, professor of international relations at Georgetown University. "In the future, as the economy tightens up, it is conceivable that people will think we can't afford environmental improvements...
Even as GM braked, Toyota shifted into high gear. The Japanese firm announced an $800 million expansion that will nearly double the capacity of its two-year-old Georgetown, Ky., complex, which now produces 230,000 mid-size Camrys a year. Toyota said the expansion will increase the plant's work force of 3,450 by more than 40% when the new facility opens in 1993. Along with an expansion under way in Fremont, Calif., the move will double Toyota's annual U.S. plant capacity to 600,000 cars and trucks...
...good marriage today is difficult or very difficult. More than half would not choose a marriage like their parents', and 85% think they are even more likely to see their marriages end in divorce than did their parents' generation. "A lot of ^ my friends' parents are divorced," says Georgetown's Parsons. "In most cases it happened when the mother was trying to decide whether to stay home or go to work. And the women were left so vulnerable." Careers become a form of insurance. "I don't want to depend on anybody," says Kellie Moore, 19, a U.S.C. junior...