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After the bombing, the FBI explosives specialists found that the Marine building had been hit by "the largest nonnuclear blast that they have ever examined." Even if the truck had been stopped in the airport road, some 330 ft. from the building, damage would probably still have been severe. The report praised the military for providing medical care to trapped comrades with a speed that was "nothing short of heroic." It also had a consoling comment for Geraghty, saying that he had made a "virtually superhuman effort" to meet "monumental demands" after the blast even though "his situation...
...other things, to demonstrate how the private and public dimensions of human activity may fuse in moral action. What he intended to show was a fundamental relationship between peace and the hearts of men and women, the crucial relevance of the turnings of the will and spirit. Seeing the largest possible meanings in the most intimate places of the soul, John Paul wanted to proclaim that great issues are determined, or at least informed, by the elemental impulses of the human breast-hatred or love. Wrote the Milan-based Catholic daily Avvenire last week: "In the midst of so many...
Dave Williams, 51. Since replacing Peter Vermilye in 1977 as chairman of Alliance, the largest independent pension-fund advisory firm, Williams has more than tripled the assets it manages, from $5 billion to $18 billion. His company has grown so big that every morning it holds a long-distance staff meeting: a teleconference with portfolio managers and analysts in seven offices from San Francisco to London. While many competitors try to make quick profits by moving funds in and out of the stock market, Williams relies less on timing. He concentrates on picking promising stocks and tends to stick with...
...firing season in the American steel industry. Bethlehem Steel used the period between Christmas and New Year's in 1982 to announce the closing of its 83-year-old steelmaking plant in Lackawanna, N.Y., near Buffalo, and the elimination of 7,300 jobs. Last week U.S. Steel, the largest American steelmaker, carried on the grim yuletide tradition. The company announced that it will close all or parts of 73 operations in 13 states, thereby cutting its steelmaking capacity 17% and reducing companywide employment...
...summer home of the Italian Prime Minister? A rambling country estate in Emilia-Romagna? No. Villa Banfi is the name of the largest U.S. importer of Italian wines (1982 revenues: about $250 million). Once the 65-year-old Long Island company was simply a modest seller of specialty wines like Marsala. But that all changed in 1967, when the Mariani brothers, John Jr., 51, and Harry, 45, traveled to Italy and sampled Riunite Lambrusco, a light red wine of the Emilia-Romagna region. The brothers struck a deal with the local growers' association and initially shipped 100 cases...