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Assembled at the palace for a 7 p.m. press conference, reporters waited impatiently for news of what they were told would be a "bombshell." Their wait was interrupted by a lavish reception, where Soviet wine, roasted piglets and hot and cold lobster were served. It was after midnight when the press conference finally began, and there was no bombshell. Instead, Jackson _read off a list of the points on which Castro had agreed, few of which were really new. The Cuban leader, Jackson said, was willing to exchange ambassadors with the U.S. and to start talks soon on whether...
Britain's dispute with the Community goes back to its entry in 1973. When Thatcher came to power in 1979, she promptly began demanding what she called "my money." At issue was the Community's lavish agricultural subsidies to members. These outlays still run well ahead of revenues, largely because governments are constantly under pressure from farm lobbies not to cut back. Because Britain's agricultural system is so limited, the country was receiving fewer subsidies than other member states. As a result, Britain, one of the Community's poorest members in terms of per capita...
...changed in substance, although many of the women she wrote about 20 years ago have gone on to divorces, master's degrees and careers, and Bombeck and her husband are now the wealthy proprietors not of an $18,000 tract house near Dayton but of a lavish hacienda on a hilltop near Phoenix. "Women around the world are coming to the point where they are looking at their domestic situations and saying, 'My God, I'm going crazy, it's climbing-the-wall time,' " says Bombeck. She is 57 now ("somewhere between estrogen and death...
...Buddhist priest's most lucrative activity is writing kaimyo, posthumous names (example: "Heroic disciple to Buddha residing in ravine full of sunshine and nightingales"), without which deceased Buddhists cannot reach "the better world." A kaimyo can cost between $650 and $1,300; prices for more lavish names reach several million dollars. The fees are taxexempt. Many priests, however, have also turned entrepreneur, running lots, wedding halls and real estate agencies. Although priestly income is taxed at a top rate of 20%, vs. 43.3% for corporations, the bureau charges have been engaging in loose bookkeeping...
...International Summer Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago is the gaudy showcase of American high tech. By day, 100,000 industry officials throng the aisles of vast McCormick Place, surrounded by towering displays at 1,381 booths. At night, they dip shrimp into cocktail sauce at lavish corporate receptions and gossip about the competition. A year ago at the show, people were predicting that it was just a matter of time before there would be a computer in every house. But last week much of the talk was about the slow growth in home computers...