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...from personal scandal. He's held high-level posts with the potential for incredible corruption--he headed the CIA. But there is no public record of impropriety for him. Even rumors of an extra-marital affair involving Bush have come to nothing. Where's the Miami Herald when you need...
...urge Japan to triple its defense spending, to 3% of GNP. The idea appeals to many Americans: the U.S. spends about 6% of GNP on defense, and part of that goes to protecting Japan from possible nuclear and conventional attacks. But Carlucci said in Tokyo that he saw no need for "dramatic leaps" in Japanese defense spending. He added: "I would not know how to tell them how to spend it within the roles and missions we have agreed upon...
Cardenas, 54, whose sagging jowls and doleful eyes give him the appearance of a bloodhound, is far from a leftist rabble-rouser. His speeches are often as dour as his looks. But his message -- declaring the need for a change of both government and policies -- is popular at a time when Mexico's economic problems slice deep into the purchasing power of its poor. By some estimates, real wages have fallen to the levels of the early 1970s. Particularly well received is his call for renegotiation of Mexico's $103 billion foreign debt...
...build companies, entrepreneurs need capital. But financing remains a major problem for women, whether they are founding new businesses or trying to expand successful ventures. The majority of companies currently owned by women were started with less than $5,000. One reason: because many of the companies are service firms, their founders usually have few hard assets to pledge as collateral for loans. In 1979, when Kathleen Fay Jensen and Angela Franklin were raising money to set up the Professional Reliable Nursing Service in Modesto, Calif., they had nothing but a 1936 Pontiac and a silver tea set for collateral...
What to do with the money until it is needed? Democratic Senator Terry Sanford of North Carolina has introduced a bill that would require the trust fund to make loans for education and economic development. Republican Congressman Bill Green of New York wants to invest the fund in public works like housing projects. Says he: "The future, albeit temporary, riches of the Social Security system offer us a genuine opportunity to deal with some pressing national needs." But critics charge that using the surplus for general governmental programs creates a demand that is hard to turn off once the need...