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Analysts concede, however, that morale is sagging in Pakistan's volunteer army, many of whose recruits are illiterate 16-and 17-year-old boys from rural backgrounds. Other observers note that the quality of noncommissioned officers is below par because of the inordinate time needed to educate them. In addition, the regular officer corps is below strength because the military regime installed by Zia in 1977 has drawn many top-ranking officers into the civil administration of the country...
Some time this year, Honda will start to build a $200 million auto plant next to the motorcycle factory that it has been operating since last September outside Columbus. Stressing that "the quality of U.S. labor has proved on par or even better than that of ours," Kiyoshi Kawashima, president of Honda, said that the company at first will employ some 2,000 American workers and import engines and other components from Japan. Beginning in 1983, the firm will turn out 10,000 Ohio-built cars a month, roughly a third of its 1979 U.S. sales. The models: probably...
Ford's lawyers argue that states have no business hearing such cases because the auto industry is federally regulated Moreover, they say, Ford's cars have met all federal standards and have been on a par with their competitors in safety. The trial probably will last two months...
They may be only the eighth-strongest team in the NFL, but it's the Rams playing Sunday; San Diego, Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia, Miami and New England aren't. Somehow, through all of the turmoil surrounding owner Carroll Rosenbloom's death, through all of the injuries and the sub-par games the team has survived to play another day. As Confucius would say, "That adds up to close game...
...Akhbar Moinfar: "When you have oil revenues of $80 million or $90 million a day, you can always do business." Moinfar insists that the U.S. embargo on sales of oil equipment to Iran will not be insurmountable because "we have had no difficulty buying whatever we want through third par ties." As for reports that the departure of foreign technicians has caused problems in the oil industry, Moinfar declares: "I have piles of applications on my desk from experts who are eager to return...