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...allowed technical assistance it had requested, worth $10 million to $15 million, to train Chinese in languages and in agricultural and scientific technology. A consortium of West German companies is negotiating a $14 billion deal with Peking to build in Hopei province what would be the world's largest steelmaking complex. Britain's government agreed to negotiate the possible purchase by Peking of 30 Harrier vertical-takeoff jet bombers at $6.6 million each...
...aging MiG-21 as its front-line interceptor and on the ancient TU-16 and the Il-28 as its penetration bombers; its nuclear warheads are mounted on intermediate missiles with a range of no more than 4,000 miles. Its navy, though the world's third largest, is equally antiquated: its two nuclear-powered submarines carry no missiles. In a major conflict, little advantage could be gained from hundreds of bomb shelters carved out all over China on Mao's command to "dig tunnels deep, store grain everywhere, and never seek hegemony." China's ability...
...Charlotte, Vt. Trained in paleontology, Burden led an expedition to the Dutch East Indies island of Komodo in 1926 in search of the vicious Komodo dragon. He became the first white man to capture the reptile, the world's oldest and, at 10 ft. and 250 Ibs., largest lizard; of the 14 specimens he collected, two may be seen in the American Museum of Natural History. Burden's exploits inspired a friend, Film Director Merian Cooper, to make King Kong. Interested in filming undersea life, Burden in 1938 joined with Ilia Tolstoy, grandson of the Russian writer...
...Hood served as that firm's president for twelve years (1938-49) before moving over to the top post of another subsidiary, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. In 1951 he was responsible for the construction of the $400 million Fairless Works near Morrisville, Pa., one of the largest steel complexes ever built, and two years later he won the presidency of "Big Steel...
...largest organized group of libertarians in the Boston area is the MLP. MLP, affiliated with the National Libertarian Party which was founded in 1972, has about 100 members. Nason, the editor of MLP's newsletter, estimates that about 100 more people are involved in the party without being official members. "A lot of people don't believe in political parties," Nason explained...