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...night drugstores and supermarkets are becoming more commonplace in the U.S. these days. Another kind of commerce may also have a nocturnal glimmer: stock trading. Last week officials of both the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange said they were taking the first look at the possibility of expanding trading hours beyond the current 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., which have prevailed for a decade...
...baseball as a business, except to detail the contract feuds between Cobb and Tiger owner Frank Navin. He portrays Cobb as an ugly racist, but doesn't ever explore what Cobb thought about the desegregation of the game after he retired. Answering these questions might have provided an interesting glimmer of insight into American pop culture during the years Cobb lived, 1886 to 1961. As it is, Alexander offers a penetrating psychobiology of one of the greatest American sportsmen of the century. It's a lot of fun for the fanatics, but probably a bit tiresome for those who wanted...
...security accord offers a fresh glimmer of hope for peace throughout the region. Earlier this month Angola and South Africa agreed to a cease-fire and the disengagement of South African forces in Angola, to be monitored by a joint Angolan-South African commission. The U.S., which has played a key role in bringing the antagonists together, last week sent a team of diplomats to the Namibian capital of Windhoek to observe the progress. The improving climate prompted Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda to suggest that South Africa might one day even be welcome to join the Organization of African Unity...
...glimmer of hope Watching the U.S. and the Soviet Union decide whether or not to resume arms-control talks is a little like watching a thermonuclear version of "she-loves-me, she-loves-me-not." The rhetoric seems to vary with the day and the mood. Still, last week some rays of progress emerged from the murk of suspicion and ambiguity. General Edward Rowny, the chief U.S. negotiator at the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START), began the week on what appeared to be an upbeat note by declaring that if the Soviets return to the bargaining table...
...long-awaited deadline was not greeted by everyone with cheers. Abdullah Ibn-Hussein, King of the Hashimite Kingdom of Transjordan, watched his Arab Legion assemble. With the first glimmer of dawn, the troops began to wind down the road to the Jordan Valley in tanks, armored cars and trucks. Their first operations were to occupy villages north and south of Jerusalem...