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...unions. Some have the power both to paralyze cities and to block the re-election of any local officials who dare to defy them. The U.S. now has some 12 million state and municipal employees-double the number in 1960-and about one-third belong to unions. The largest general public-employee union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), has 700,000 members, from accountants to zookeepers, and the total is growing by 1,000 a week...
...into some of the strongest on the continent. Of the 3,000 or so Russians in Somalia today, fully 1,400 are assigned to the army and air force. The Somali army, less than half the size of neighboring Ethiopia's, now has far superior firepower-and the largest tank force south of the Sahara. The air force boasts a squadron of Ilyushin-28 bombers and at least 50 MIGS, including seven MIG-21s that were presented to Somalia by Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny when he visited the country last year. All top officers of Somalia's highly...
Sangh, a right-wing Hindu organization that has become the largest opposition party in the country and whose leaders are now in jail. Speaking in New Delhi, she declared: "There are people in this country who have tried to put every kind of pressure and obstacle in the path of our forward development." To prevent her opponents from "seizing power [and] bypassing democratic methods," she argued, she had to take democracy "somewhat off the rails." So far, however, Mrs. Gandhi has provided no real evidence of a sizable conspiracy. Although police raids of the offices of extremist parties produced caches...
...changing plans and sudden policy switches under Nikita Khrushchev-steady progress in building national strength. There has been some progress in providing consumer amenities, even though the variety and quality of food, clothes, appliances and services are primitive by Western standards. The Soviets are now the world's largest producers of coal, oil, iron ore, steel, tractors and mineral fertilizers, and are engaged in massive energy, transportation, metals and agricultural projects. They are spending billions on public housing and subway systems. The basic self-sufficiency of their economy and its planned priorities have enabled them thus far to escape...
...between $200 million and $250 million. That easily ranks the white-haired, 58-year-old Carey (two years older than Hugh) among the 100 or so richest men in the U.S. His company's annual sales are estimated at around $1.25 billion, making it the 23rd largest oil company in the U.S. It certainly is one of the world's largest companies owned by one person. While there are some unexercised stock options held by a few key executives, Carey personally owns all of the far-flung Carey Energy Corp...