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Like an Old Testament prophet, Deane Hinton, our Ambassador to El Salvador, confronted the oppressors with their evil [Nov. 22]. He got the usual response: instead of repentance, a hardness of heart. The Salvadoran businessmen deserve the destruction that is coming upon them. Leon Schaddelee Ben ton Harbor, Mich...
...recession, because we had this recession coming on since 1979. You have only to look at the statistics of 1980 to know that was a recession. In fact, I at one time called it a depression. Everyone wanted to scold me for it, but when I was in Flint, Mich., with unemployment at 20%, I figured that was a depression...
Plymouth, Mich...
...gained new popularity. Almost 11 million Americans now live in mobile homes. Astonishingly, the units accounted for some 36% of all new single-family detached houses sold in the U.S. last year. This pleases Joseph Morris, president of Champion Home Builders Co., a mobile-home manufacturer based in Dryden, Mich.: "People no longer stigmatize our homes as 'little tin boxes...
...DeVos founded the company, and they and their families own the whole thing. Forbes calculated in September that together the executives were worth $550 million, which put them well up on the magazine's list of the 400 richest Americans. Though Amway has its headquarters in tiny Ada, Mich., Van Andel and DeVos are widely known for their espousal of conservative political and economic ideas. Moreover, Van Andel served in 1979-80 as chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. DeVos was the Republican National Committee's finance chief until he was fired in August by G.O.P. Chairman...