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...terrorist attacks in Karachi and Istanbul as "horrendous and almost unbelievable acts." Then, waving away helping hands with open irritation, he climbed unassisted down and up a narrow, rocky path to pray at a 13-meter-tall stone statue of Mary the Queen of Peace. Told that local villagers hike up from the valley floor every year to hear Mass there, John Paul replied, "Then they must be better mountain climbers than the Pope...
...more difficult problem for many firms is the cost of treating an AIDS victim, which averages about $147,000 during the two years it generally takes for the disease to run its fatal course. For small businesses, one or two AIDS cases could trigger a ruinous hike in health-insurance premiums. To keep costs in the $35,000 range, corporations like RCA have established outpatient-care programs in which AIDS patients spend far less time in the hospital and more on the job or at home...
...anemic growth rate put added pressure on Congress as it debated two initiatives that may have a profound impact on the economy: a sweeping reform of the tax system and a plan to reduce the $200 billion-plus federal budget deficit. Some lawmakers fear that tax reform, which may hike Government revenues in the short run, when combined with a federal spending cut could deaden an already weak economy. Said Representative Jack Brooks, a Texas Democrat: "We could be staring a raging recession right in the face...
...region may prove to be the resurgence of the Philippines after the revolutionary triumph of President Corazon Aquino. Bernardo Villegas, senior vice president of the Center for Research and Communication in Manila, forecast that Philippine growth would jump from zero this year to 6% in 1987. That dramatic hike, he said, would be symbolic of Asians' "uncanny ability to roll with the punches...
...salary dispute. She was known to be dickering with ABC, and CBS had offered her the co-anchor slot on its perennially low-rated but soon-to-be-overhauled Morning News. Now word was out: she was on the verge of signing with ABC, reportedly at a hefty salary hike, to be co-host on Our World, a new documentary program that will go up against NBC's top-rated Cosby Show on Thursday evenings; "T.G.I.F." will probably air on Good Morning America, and she may also co-anchor a late-night show. Plenty to talk about, it seemed...