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...City, grand, proud, beautiful Mexico City, which already boasted a Spanish cathedral and a university when Washington and Boston were still woodlands. Within the past year or so this ancient metropolis has grown to about 17 million people, and it is in the process of surpassing Tokyo as the largest city of the world.* But that growth, which might once have been a point of pride, is a curse. It consists in large part of jobless peasants streaming in from the countryside at a rate of about...
...before Cruz withdrew from the presidential race, two of the largest contra factions concluded a unity pact in Panama City, joining their political and military organizations on the northern and southern Nicaraguan fronts under a single directorate. The document, signed by representatives of the Nicaraguan Democratic Front (F.D.N.) and the Democratic Revolutionary Alliance (ARDE), called for the establishment of a pluralistic democracy in Nicaragua and urged "all lovers of liberty to unite so that tyranny can be eradicated and Soviet expansion in the hemisphere blocked." Contra leaders said they would support Cruz...
Kaplan's course reportedly fills Stanford's largest lecture hall perennially--and is also broadcast on campus radio...
...down Continental under the control of the FDIC would be a workable venture. They argue that the bank could become too bogged down in bureaucracy to compete profitably with other banks. Staff morale at Continental would probably suffer, and top executives would leave the bank. At one time the largest commercial and industrial lender in the U.S., Continental would rank as only a regional player, half the size of its former head-to-head rival, First Chicago (assets: $40.5 billion...
...this week whether she will give up the crown. If she does, Suzette Charles, 21, the first runner-up, who is also black, is next in line for the title. For the next pageant, in September, the finalists from five states and the District of Columbia are black, the largest number ever...