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...hour after midnight on Christmas morning, the onslaught began. Residents of Rithysen (pop. 66,000), a Kampuchean refugee camp and guerrilla base near the country's border with Thailand, were awakened by the sound of artillery and mortar shells exploding in and around their sprawling bamboo village. By 7 a.m. an estimated 1,000 Vietnamese infantrymen, led by armored vehicles, had fought their way into Rithysen (also known as Nong Samet), about 140 miles east of Bangkok. Their aim: to destroy the camp and other centers of opposition to the Viet Nam-backed Kampuchean government of Heng Samrin...
International competition, however, is fierce, and Zysman argues that American policymakers should create a climate in which companies can prepare to face the onslaught from abroad, especially from the Japanese. He advocates a three-pronged program to help American high-technology firms compete better in world trade. One step would be an industrial extension service to ensure that advances spread quickly throughout the economy. Simply developing new techniques is not enough. The Government should help disseminate those concepts to companies large and small, just as agricultural breakthroughs were diffused earlier. Zysman supports the idea of more basic research by Government...
Huffy has launched a variety of counterattacks against the foreign onslaught. On one hand, the company and other U.S. bikemakers are seeking Government protection from imports and an end to what they call the illegal sales of Taiwanese bicycles at artificially low prices. On the other, Huffy is producing its Raleigh line in Taiwan. Said Company Vice President Barry Ryan: "We fought imports from Day 1, and we'll continue to fight. We're psyched to the point where we can beat them, and that's what you need to win." It also helps to have some...
...pinch as well, while much of the savings in Medicare are even now being realized by a cost-cutting incentive program which most experts laud as the most beneficial government program in decades. In short, while many particular ones are set to be gored, Reagan's oft-cited onslaught against the "safety net" just isn't happening...
After a Harvard time out, the Boston College onslaught continued unabated. Scoring on 16 of their first 19 possessions, the visitors ran off to a 31-13 start on route to a 42-19 halftime bulge...