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...Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone acted as if it did. He carefully screened the candidates who would represent his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), then took to the hustings to campaign on their behalf. Occasionally, the voters seemed to think that Nakasone was running too. In Maebashi, 60 miles northwest of Tokyo in the heart of his own Gumma prefecture, Nakasone was greeted by posters bearing his picture and hundreds of cheering supporters. At one point he recited a haiku praising the local shrubs, and by inference his local constituency. Looking at ajisai [hydrangeas], I feel homesick for Gumma...
...deck of the mystery ship. They learned from the engine-room log that the Cloud had picked up its hot cargo in Yugoslavia in March. The last stop, probably only a few hours before the fire, had been Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, 155 miles off the northwest coast of Africa. Venezuelan Defense Ministry officials believe that the Cloud's three British and nine Ghanaian sailors were picked up by a Panamanian liner and taken to Senegal. The Cloud then drifted for 62 days, during which it traveled some 1,800 miles before crossing paths with the Maracaibo...
...failure by WPPSS would severely rattle the $400 billion municipal-bond market by driving down prices and raising borrowing costs for state and local governments. It would be particularly rough on the Pacific Northwest. Says Tim Kerr, deputy treasurer of Washington State: "We will see some very high interest rates...
From the Pacific Northwest, a challenge to California...
...Northwest Orient jumbo jet was in its berth at Los Angeles International Airport, simmering down after the 13-hour flight from Manila. It had disgorged its captain, crew and 284 passengers, including the unbearably excited young Santiagos...