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Norway is often rated the best country to live in: for the fifth consecutive year, it tops the United Nations' Human Development Index, which considers wealth, education and life expectancy. Norway's economy is the envy of the world: an expected 3.6% growth for 2005, almost nonexistent inflation of 1.4...
As pilot trainees, we underwent several months of intensive study learning how to maneuver by depth, direction and speed. There were two hatches, one above and one below the cockpit. These were not for escape purposes; even if the pilot attempted to escape, he wouldn?t survive. My training propelled...
Angry and vengeful, Pennzoil's Liedtke sued Texaco, and last week the oil giant paid a painful price for its successful maneuver. A Houston jury decided that Texaco had sabotaged Pennzoil's contract with Getty, and fined Texaco an awesome $10.5 billion. It was the largest sum ever awarded in...
The superpower rivalry is so profound that it defies systematic accommodation in all areas except one: regulation of the military competition. The game of nuclear one-upmanship is the outward manifestation of their essentially political conflict. Instead of using nuclear weapons to fight, the two sides have learned to use...
Before he left for Iceland, Reagan tried a couple of his new jokes on his staff. They were so earthy that the staff voted thumbs down. Reagan, undaunted, laughed heartily. He may be keeping something about Gorbachev even from them. "We achieved a certain personal chemistry," Reagan says. "There was...