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...entire empire careered through darkness with a load of nuclear weapons on board. On the winding road, it could see no farther than the beams of its headlights. And as it raced around the corners, the vehicle was disintegrating...
This recession may be at or near an end, but the Kendalls and millions of other U.S. layoff victims could find it difficult, if not impossible, to find new jobs. Squeezed by foreign competition and the vast debt load that companies assumed in the 1980s, American firms can no longer afford to hire back workers anywhere near as briskly as they have done after past recessions. Quite the contrary: as banks, retailers, computer makers, defense contractors and other firms from Boston to Burbank slash their payrolls in the face of falling profits, experts say nearly half the 1.6 million jobs...
Maynard, who retains control, stands to make some profits. Besides a vastly reduced debt load, he has obtained major concessions from employees...
...aggressively pushed to get people "off welfare, and onto the elevator of opportunity." And he claims that < his toughlove works: while 40 states showed a 10% increase in the number of families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children between July 1989 and April 1991, Wisconsin's case load increased only...
...every American a tangible benefit for his tax dollar. Not only do picnicgoers count on the predictions to save them from a sprinkling, but thousands of businesses depend on the NWS for their very survival -- from airlines plotting the most efficient flight path to utilities trying to meet peak-load demands. Farmers, fishermen, oil drillers, construction companies, snowmakers, moviemakers, grain speculators and baseball umpires all have an urgent interest in accurate weather predictions. With hats in hand, NWS officials tried to impress this upon the Senators last week. And while further technical delays seem inevitable, the betting is that funds...