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...cousins, they go out of their way to attack, and they do so in overwhelming swarms. Ever since a batch of imported Africanized bees was accidentally released near São Paulo by a Brazilian scientist in 1957, they have been buzzing northward at a rate of more than 200 miles a year. They have killed thousands of animals and some 150 people during their migration. They entered Honduras about half a year ago and were spotted in El Salvador in June. At this rate the bees could reach the U.S. border as early as 1988. Some scientists have stirred controversy...
...that they are strong enough to pose a credible threat to the Sandinista government. Their numbers continue to swell, with support coming in particular from poor Nicaraguan campesinos. The Nicaraguan army has attempted to keep the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN), the main contra group, bottled up along the 550-mile border with Honduras. But the rebels claim that since late June they have infiltrated 14,000 guerrillas, operating under 13 regional commands, into Nicaragua, and that 53,000 more are awaiting training and outfitting on the country's borders. Moving along slippery paths in heavy jungle, the infiltrators have penetrated...
...unionized, and its pilots earn only between $40,000 and $50,000 a year. At American and United, in contrast, pilots take home an average of about $108,000 annually, and at Delta they earn more than $130,000. It costs People 5.17¢ to fly a passenger one mile, which is well below the industry average of 10?...
...After all, the autoworker had parked in the front lot of Ford's Lima, Ohio, engine plant for 28 years. So when United Auto Workers Local 1219 and Ford last year signed an agreement requiring employees with foreign cars to park in a back lot more than half a mile away from the factory, the old-timer ignored the new rule and continued to leave his 1981 Nissan in the front...
...Tyne, is one of those extraordinary competitors who seem to know just what they can do in the course of a given race. And then, in an elegant, almost preordained fashion, he simply goes out and does it. In the weeks before this summer's highly touted Dream Mile at Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Cram, 24, was clearly on a roll. On July 16 in Nice, France, he had smashed the world 1,500-meter mark by 1.10 sec. with a beautifully structured performance in 3:29.67. So, coming into Oslo with the track world now focused...