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...dictator in question, of course, is Panama's "Maximum Leader of the Revolution," Brigadier General Omar Torrijos Herrera, who seized power from the old oligarchy nine years ago. At 48, he has led Panama through its longest period of internal stability by a combination of stirring leftist rhetoric and a pragmatic respect for free enterprise. His philosophy can embrace almost anything -from government ownership of mines and industry to a hospitable climate for foreign banks, 70 of which have established branches in Panama, with assets of around $12 billion...
...program encourages work in the private sector by an increase in the earned-income tax credit, which will not be available to people in public service jobs. Currently, the tax credit is a rebate of 10% on all earnings up to $4,000 a year, for a maximum credit of $400; it is phased down after $4,000 and eliminated at $8,000. Carter would add another 5% credit on earnings between $4,000 and $9,000 for a family of four. The credit would be allowed on incomes up to $15,000 for a four-member family...
...drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself." So said Jimmy Carter in urging Congress last week to reduce federal penalties for possession of up to 1 oz. of marijuana, enough for about four dozen joints. For a first offense, the maximum penalty now is a year in jail and a $5,000 fine for possession of any amount...
Jose Cabranes, Yale's attorney, denounced the suit as "reckless and obviously designed to attract maximum publicity for groundless charges." He said the university already had a system for investigating the harassment of students -but it is a system set up last year only to aid blacks, and has never been used to investigate sexual coercion charges...
Each turn on track or highway has its own geometry. It has a theoretical maximum speed. Without being on a track or without a diagram in front of you, it may be hard to visualize, but there is a specific technique for attacking, say, a 90° right turn. Approach down the extreme left. Brake and downshift from fourth to third. Brake and downshift third to second. Steady throttle. Now turn at an angle that touches the inside shoulder at the very center-the apex-of the corner. Accelerate out. Unwind the wheel. Breathe...