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Rajiv Gandhi has been criticized as too inexperienced to head the world's largest democracy and handle the present situation in India. When Indira Gandhi entered politics, she lacked experience, yet she emerged as a good leader. India is a country in shock and anger, but Rajiv Gandhi can lead India in unity and peace, perhaps better than his mother...
...Attorney General William French Smith called it "the largest and most successful fugitive man hunt in U.S. history." The description seemed no exaggeration: over the past two months, more than 3,000 career criminals in eight East Coast states have been arrested for offenses ranging from murder to narcotics to weapons violations. The top-secret operation, called FIST 7, followed six similar dragnets conducted by the Justice Department's Federal Investigative Strike Teams program launched...
...name refers to Friedrich Flick Industrieverwaltung KGaA, a Düsseldorf-based firm that is one of the world's largest industrial holding companies. A $3.4 billion concern, Flick has substantial interests in steel, chemicals and banking. It is now run by Friedrich Karl Flick, 57, the youngest and only living son of Friedrich Flick, who began the business...
...stir city people into accepting the new system and to forestall conservative party bosses from crippling it, Peking is pushing the Sichuan city of Chongqing, one of the largest metropolises in China, as a kind of municipal role model. Buying from whatever domestic or international markets they choose, Chongqing's leaders in the past year have doubled business activity. If such reforms can succeed in Chongqing, the government seems to be saying, they can work anywhere in China...
...know what they're doing, and that's kind of scary. I don't mean I'm going to take my money out and put it under my mattress, but I am concerned." Last week BankAmerica and First Chicago, two of the nation's largest institutions, said they were considering selling their landmark headquarters buildings. Reason: both banks must raise money to fulfill an order by federal regulators to build up their reserves against bad loans. Says First Chicago Chairman Barry Sullivan: "We're in a long-term competitive game...