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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first) has found that its pedal-pushing patrol has become, in the words of Officer Paul Grady, "quite the urban crime fighter." Wheeling rugged 18-speed mountain bikes into parks, doorways, narrow alleys and even under viaducts, Seattle's squad of 20 bike officers has averaged five times the number of arrests made by downtown foot patrols over the past two years...
...five-year slowdown in defense spending is already hitting military contractors hard. Since 1982, the number of U.S. companies turning out hardware for the Pentagon has plummeted from 120,000 to just 40,000. At most major defense firms, profits are down and payrolls are being slashed. Los Angeles-based Northrop, which lost $78 million in the second quarter, is cutting its work force by 3,000 workers, to 41,000. St. Louis-based McDonnell Douglas (1988 defense sales: $9.7 billion), the largest U.S. military contractor, reported a loss of $48 million during the same period. If Cheney sells...
...while the weenie has spent the summer reading and I have spent the summer procrastinating (between beers, of course), Ken has spent the summer counting the number of minority fans at Fenway. Which, of course, doesn't distract him from Clemens' curve ball, or anything like that...
...evidence of its subjects' misdeeds -- or nondeeds -- but the details of two extraordinary lives. Despite his claims, Cook never really tried to reach the North Pole. In 1908 he simply set up a camp with two Eskimo boys near the shore of the Arctic Ocean, stayed there for a number of days, then returned home and announced success. Peary tried repeatedly, with all his energy, and in 1909, at the age of 53, nearly made it. But the speeds and distances he claimed to have traveled, Herbert demonstrates, were far beyond the ability of men or dogs. Peary's diary...
This banishment from study, although not the damage it has caused, may be coming to an end. Yielding to pressure from the U.S. and its own citizens, the Israeli government decided earlier this month to reopen a limited number of West Bank schools starting July 22. While the first six elementary school grades and the twelfth grade were scheduled to resume, the middle grades and West Bank colleges and universities will remain closed. The decision does not affect Gaza, where, except for universities and selected elementary and secondary facilities, most schools have continued to operate throughout the uprising...