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...awareness of some very important issues in the run-up to a G8 conference. But it is quite another thing when he goes so far as to tell Canada’s head of government not to bother attending the Gleneagles Summit unless he’s willing to implement, posthaste, a major shift in his country’s foreign aid policy. Geldof crossed the line with his admonition of Prime Minister Martin, which is a real shame, because the man just might have a point, after...
...total test ban, even if verification procedures could be worked out. And any deal would surely meet fierce opposition from the Pentagon. The military, with support from the major weapons-research laboratories, wants to continue experimenting with its modernized nuclear arsenal, particularly technology that might be used to implement the President's Strategic Defense Initiative. Last Saturday at an under ground site in Pahute Mesa, Nev., northwest of Las Vegas, the U.S. exploded a device (code-named Goldstone) designed to channel the energy of a nuclear blast into a concentrated, powerful beam of X-rays that could knock...
...went on to form a company, McCormick & Gray, to make and sell the revolutionary machine. By 1902 the firm had merged with four others and was called International Harvester. Last week the company (1985 sales: $3.5 billion) dropped that historic name. International Harvester, which last year sold its farm-implement business to the J I Case division of Tenneco, emerged from a nine-month-long name-lift operation as Navistar International. The new name, a blend of navigate and star, refers to the company's remaining line of business--medium and heavy trucks--and its goal of stellar performance...
Treasury Secretary James Baker, who worked with Conable in the Bush campaign, suggested the ex-Congressman for the World Bank job. In that post, Conable may be able to help the Secretary implement the socalled Baker plan to ease the debt crisis of developing nations. Unveiled in October, the plan calls for the World Bank, which lends about $15 billion a year to some 100 developing nations, to provide a wider range of financial assistance than previously, and also to play a role in prescribing long-term economic reforms for its debtor clients. Lately, the Baker plan has showed signs...
...Israel should implement Security Council Resolution 425 [which calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanese territory] and allow the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon to carry out its mission. The force should be deployed along the border, not inside Lebanon far from the frontier. In [U.N.] debates, Israel has been clearly blamed in connection with attacks against UNIFIL because Israel prevents it from discharging its duties...