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...before the middle of the decade. Some S and Ls will not last that long and will feed the merger trend that has begun. But the survivors will be in a better position than ever to be the country's major mortgage lenders, tending once again to their heartland business of supplying Americans with the means to buy places to live. For now, though, S and Ls can hope for little more than a bandage or two to stop some bleeding...
...already spent $2 billion on the MX. "The missile is vital," insists Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. "The question is, where do we put it?" Last week's proclamation will make it much harder for President Reagan to adopt a plan that would implant missiles in the Mormon heartland...
Leaving El Arish behind, our hired Mercedes sedan speeds across the last sliver of Sinai territory, 28 miles wide, which Israel is to return to Egypt next year. The car cruises on through the rolling Israeli heartland and into the steep hills leading to Jerusalem. Soon the chunky stone fortifications of the Old City loom in the twilight. It has taken nine hours-and more than 30 years-to get there from Cairo...
Many people still think of Pittsburgh that way, but the fact is, this old coal town from the "heartland" ain't what it used...
...never was these efforts at rehabilitation that brought national attention and new respect to Pittsburgh. It took the Steelers to do that. After eight straight division championships and four of the past five Super Bowl titles, no Pittsburgh native had to feel ashamed admitting his heartland origins. To come from "Steeler Country" or "The City of Champions" was suddenly cool, and while the suppressed smirks and W.C. Fields wisecracks didn't disappear, they became tempered somewhat by envy and natural respect for power...