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Minnesota: Bloomington Project. A $47 million replacement of a bridge over the Minnesota River will link the area south of the river with the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington. The present structure, a temporary span with a six-year anticipated life, was put up in 1978. It has been underwater three times after storms. Highway-bill contribution: $16 million...
After the meeting at La Bandera, the Pope visited Santiago's archdiocesan headquarters, where he met behind closed doors with church bishops and repeated his hope for free elections "in the not too distant future." At present the government has scheduled a plebiscite for 1989 to approve a presidential candidate chosen by the military. Those seeking a clue to the Pope's strategy found it during his meeting with the bishops. In a quiet dig at Pinochet's rule, he told them that "every nation has the right of self- determination" but noted that "it is also necessary that respect...
...travel industry has already benefited from the new attention to leisure. In 1986 a record 5.4 million Japanese went abroad, 80% of them on vacation. Says Akio Morita, 52, the chairman of Sony: "I envy the younger generation of Japanese. They are citizens of the world." At present some 39,400 Japanese children attend primary or secondary school abroad, and 13,300 students are enrolled in colleges in the U.S. Moreover, Japan is currently host to 18,000 foreign students, a number that Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone hopes will swell to 100,000 by the turn of the century...
...campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire, but that he will launch a national candidacy in time for the Southern round of primaries on March 8. This could succeed, Strauss speculates, because the earliest contests might yield a "dog's dinner result" -- a lot of scraps and leftovers -- for the present pack. If so, a Nunn or a Cuomo could defy conventional wisdom by waiting until after that round to leap...
EVERY YEAR at this time it is my custom to present the annual Rutger Fury "Humans on Parade" Achievement Awards. These awards are given to those college juniors who show exceptional achievement in social, political, athletic and academic spheres while not being geebs about it, or who are just cool in general...