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Connecticut Democrat Joseph Lieberman, backed by 19 of his Senate colleagues, urged the President to establish an oil-price task force to monitor the industry. "American consumers are being ripped off on a massive scale," said Lieberman, adding, "The Soviet Union and China have done more to help America in the last five days than our own oil industry." Senate minority leader Robert Dole hinted that Congress might have to rein in prices if the oil industry refused to do so. "Oil companies never learn," he said. "They're just asking for some kind of an excess-profits...
...systems and landing-guidance devices is not. The survey found that flight-crew error was ruled responsible for 73% of fatal accidents. Of these, 41% occurred during landings, often because of unstable approaches. Among other remedies, Boeing endorses worldwide use of pilot warning systems. It also urges airlines to monitor all flight-recorder data and review performances with the crews. Most foreign carriers -- but none in the U.S. -- do this...
After 100 days of ruling Nicaragua, what power does the Violeta Chamorro government actually wield? Not much, according to State Department officials, who believe that the ousted Sandinistas still run the country. "The civilians hold the offices, but the Sandinistas have all of the muscle, and they monitor phone calls at will," says a U.S. diplomat just back from Nicaragua. Humberto Ortega, brother of the ex-President and Chamorro's army chief, earns grudging American respect as the most politically adroit figure in the country. Chamorro gets a harsh assessment. "Even her friends call her 'Rag Doll,' " says...
...Rather than waiting to look back and study why prices have increased, we believe that you should pull together the resources of the federal government to monitor the situation now," the lawmakers said...
Slesin and three assistants publish Microwave News out of a three-room Manhattan apartment that used to be his home. In addition to major reports on the hazards of electric blankets, microwave ovens and medical imaging systems, a typical 16-page issue will summarize the latest health studies, monitor ongoing litigation and track various government activities, like this week's congressional hearings on the status of federal research efforts. Subscribers include utilities and communications companies and officials in some 30 government agencies...