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...Czechoslovakia more than 15,000 students in Prague last week staged the largest protest rally in two decades. "This is better than in 1969 because the atmosphere is much better," said Karel Srp, head of the dissident group Jazz Section, recalling the way an angry populace had reacted after the defeat of its brief fling with liberalization in the spring of 1968. "Now we know we can win. This is unstoppable...
...suitably cinematic twist, the deal turned the feuding companies into close business partners. Under terms of the agreement, Sony agreed to sell Warner a 50% interest in Columbia House, the largest U.S. direct-mail club for records, tapes and videocassettes. Warner Bros., which is controlled by Time Warner, also received exclusive cable-TV distribution rights for all Columbia feature films, television movies and mini-series. Included were the 2,700 movies in Columbia's film library. In addition, Warner Bros. will become sole owner of the valuable Burbank Studios -- which the two companies now jointly hold -- by acquiring Columbia...
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia--More than 200,000 people filled the streets of Prague yesterday, demanding free elections and the resignation of its hard-line leader in the largest protest ever in this Communist nation...
Since the strike began, air traffic has fallen from an average of 268,000 passengers a week to just 119,000 recently. In a sprawling land where air transportation is vital to daily commerce, the strike is strangling the economy. Hardest hit is tourism, Australia's largest industry. If the strike persists until Christmas, the country's tourism revenues could decline $500 million this year, a 30% drop from 1988. In Melbourne alone, 417 conferences and conventions have been canceled. Unless the strike is settled soon, travel industry experts say that three-fourths of Australia's large hotel chains will...
...violence, school administrators across the U.S. are searching through tight budgets to find money to beef up school security. If nothing else, the schools will face legal liability if they have not taken steps to be prepared. The New York City schools now operate the eleventh largest security force in the U.S. Most city schools have locked doors; 15 of them use metal detectors; ten schools allow entry only with computerized ID cards. Cost of all the security: $60 million annually...