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...Massachusetts state legislature passes the appropriate bill before the end of the year, the world's largest museum of contemporary American art and architecture may soon be located in the Berkshire town of North Adams, thanks in large part to the efforts of nearby Williams College...
...such global cooperation? Prospects seem to be improving slightly. Last week, for example, French Finance Minister Edouard Balladur called for a meeting of the seven largest financial powers as soon as possible to stem turmoil on world financial markets. That represents a reversal of the previous French position and indicates a willingness to revise the Louvre agreement...
With outlays estimated at $217 billion this fiscal year, Social Security programs represent the largest expenditure in the federal budget after national defense. But when congressional leaders and Administration officials huddled last week to hunt for $23 billion in savings, Social Security was clearly untouchable. "Everything is on the table," President Reagan told the nation before the meeting, "with the exception of Social Security...
...government leaders quickly pointed to the U.S. stock crash as the main cause of their own market woes. For another, the foreign debacles had nowhere near the potential of Wall Street to cause a major impact on local economies. With the monumental exception of Tokyo, now the world's largest stock market (with a value of almost $2.5 trillion, vs. the New York Stock Exchange's $2 trillion), most foreign markets are small * compared with those in the U.S. Before the October slump, shares on the London Stock Exchange were worth $824 billion, those in Paris $200 billion...
...turned their guns on Manila's main foreign backer: the U.S. In one well-coordinated 15-minute burst of violence, pistol-wielding assassins killed two active-duty U.S. service members, a retired U.S. sergeant and a Filipino businessman. The attacks occurred within three miles of Clark Air Base, the largest overseas U.S. Air Force facility. All bore the signature of the N.P.A.'s sparrow-unit death squads, so called for their small size and great mobility. Persons claiming to represent the N.P.A. took responsibility for the murders, which came just one week after President Corazon Aquino vowed to crack down...