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...every dollar allocated for military assistance, three dollars have been allotted for the Central American country's economic and social development. Not so, declares a report issued last week under the auspices of the Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus, a bipartisan congressional group. The study says the lion's share of money over the past five years has gone to the military. It warns: "If U.S. aid is composed in the future as it is at present, the next five years will be as violent and unproductive for El Salvador as the past five years...
...flashy clothes, bow ties, all of which clashed with the strict, official appearance Gromyko thought should be standard for serious men. Gromyko also envied his status in the Academy of Sciences. Fedorenko, like Yakov Malik, who later replaced him as Ambassador, detested Gromyko. But unlike Malik, who was a lion with his subordinates and a mouse with Gromyko, Fedorenko did not fear the minister...
Meanwhile, Columbia lost a shot at first place when Cornell took a 56-51 victory from the Lions Saturday. The Big Red's win, which came just one week after a loss at the hands of the very same Lion squad, marked Cornell's test victory in New York City in 12 years...
...been too stringent and opened up the money-supply spigot. That helped send the prime rate down to 10.75% by late December. In the fourth quarter, growth picked up to an estimated 2.8% pace. Concluded Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige: "This year the economy came in like a lion and is going out like a lamb...
...average, 1984 was more lion than lamb. For the year as a whole, growth amounted to about 5.3%. That was enough to slash the civilian unemployment rate from 8.2% to 7.2%. The number of Americans with jobs rose by nearly 3 million, to 106 million...