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...slashed. Last week a seven-member panel of federal and state telephone regulators recommended to the Federal Communications Commission the phasing in over the next two years of a $1.50-a-month increase in the $2 subscriber line fee charged to households and small businesses across the country. The hike would be used in part to lower long-distance charges by as much as $17 billion over the next six years...
...Mexico City's sprawling National Autonomous University (enrollment: about 400,000) share many of the same concerns with their French and Spanish counterparts. Last April newly appointed Rector Dr. Jorge Carpizo McGregor warned that government belt tightening would require an end to U.N.A.M.'s open admissions policy and a hike in tuition. Last week protests from Mexican students forced Carpizo to back down...
...soldiers guard the road from Las Trojes to the base inside Nicaragua, and the government has refused to issue passes to reporters. A few daring souls have sneaked into the camp by resorting to subterfuge or bush paths, but usually such ventures involve a grueling and dangerous ten- hour hike. Occasionally, Honduran officials will sponsor a press junket to the Las Trojes region, but only under tightly controlled circumstances. "It gets more frustrating all the time," complains a U.S. photographer based in Tegucigalpa. "You are just not allowed to get anywhere near any kind of action even...
...stable mark, however, could have some negative side effects. During 1986 the climb in the mark's value reduced the cost of imported oil and other industrial materials and helped companies afford a 4.5% wage hike for employees. But similar wage demands this year could become a heavy burden if the mark stops rising. Giersch voiced fears that pay increases could cut profits, dampen investment and lift the inflation rate to 3%. He suggested that Bonn should strike a deal with the labor unions, in which the government would cut taxes by 5% in exchange for wage restraint...
Although Yale students will need more financial aid to cover the tuition hike, part of the higher tuition fee itself will be spent on financial aid to cover for the decrease in federal aid grants...