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...external-affairs counselor for Catholic Relief Services: "The situation will remain fairly desperate over the coming year. The harvest is better, but the number of people in need will remain high." Another problem is that little has been done to make African agriculture more resilient. Few of the drought-prone countries have grain reserves, and a lack of rain next year could easily wipe out this year's gains. "The emphasis is still on feeding the person, not helping him to produce," says Saouma...
...life, they often experience educational and emotional problems. Many are victims of child abuse at the hands of parents too immature to understand why their baby is crying or how their doll-like plaything has suddenly developed a will of its own. Finally, these children of children are prone to dropping out and becoming teenage parents themselves. According to one study, 82% of girls who give birth at age 15 or younger were daughters of teenage mothers...
...Administration, along with a Congress preoccupied with November elections, will face challenges that in some ways are more difficult (and certainly more gnarled with complexities) than when Reagan launched his bold programs in 1981. The crisis-prone budget process has been burdened with an unpredictable new element that seems certain to create still more crises. The President's plan to reform and simplify the tax code was passed (just barely) by the House, which watered down the reforms, abandoned the simplicity, then tossed it to the Senate. Reagan's long-standing desire to speak directly to the Soviet people will...
...become one of the world's most respected brands. When Hyundai first entered the U.S. market in 1986, its Excel sedan--an econobox with a $4,995 price tag--was an instant hit with frugal buyers. But customers soon discovered they were getting what they paid for: Excels were prone to quality-control problems and frequently needed to have parts replaced. Sales tanked, and Hyundai became a laughingstock. In 1998, Late Show TV host David Letterman listed his "Top 10 Hilarious Mischief Night Pranks to Play in Space." No. 8 read, "Paste a 'Hyundai' logo on the main control panel...
...fact, even when given the chance to speak about what she has done during the past 25 years—a task prone to self-aggrandizement—Hsia, a mother of one, displays humility, freely abasing herself and hesitating to accept credit for her ambition and accomplishments...