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There are parts of Africa that are less and less Africa every day. Kenya, for example, has the highest rate of population growth in the world (4%). Half of the country's people are under the age of 15. The Malthusian arithmetic ticks away. Progress: fewer infants die, old people live longer than before. The population will double by the year 2000, to 40 million, and then double again early in the 21st century. The human generations tumble...
...them as "smart rocks," since they are basically just projectiles designed to smack into enemy missiles. But they also have the potential of smacking into and perhaps even destroying the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty. It is the alleged "stunning success" of smart-rock experiments, rather than any progress on the laser and particle- beam zappers usually associated with Star Wars, that has prompted Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger to argue that "we are closer to being able to recommend deployment decisions...
Despite one picket demonstration and the introduction of an outside negotiator, little progress was reached until the union's final meeting with Barnard, which ended less than two hours before the union was to strike...
...difficult conditions in the tire market have given Firestone poor traction for making progress. The market has not only grown smaller -- the result of today's long-lasting radial tires -- but more competitive. Prices have fallen because of rising production by foreign rivals, notably France's Michelin and Japan's Bridgestone. At the same time, Goodyear and other U.S. rubber giants are also revamping themselves and boosting their commitment to tiremaking...
...After all, the Reagan Administration has made the rebel effort a centerpiece of its foreign policy. Congress, which approved $100 million in military aid last summer, is likely to debate the issue of further help later this month. Without extensive and independent reporting about whether the contras are making progress, Congress -- and the public, for that matter -- will have no objective way to judge whether the cause is worthy of continued support. "Whistle-stop tours by Congressmen to a contra camp are obviously no substitutes for solid reporting on the war," says a European diplomat in the region. "Neither...