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...complete the rehabilitation of the air-traffic-control system, which was left in shambles after the controllers' walkout in August 1981. She also has to carry out the new 50-per-gal. increase in the gasoline tax and complete the transfer of the Government-owned Consolidated Rail Corp. to private interests...
...Some 1,200 of Nkomo's onetime rebels have deserted the armed forces, returning to Matabeleland, homeland of the Ndebeles. The region has turned into an African version of the wild West, with former ZIPRA guerrillas roaming the countryside in small bands, murdering or kidnaping civilians, ripping up rail and power lines and robbing scores of people...
Industry analysts consider Lewis an excellent choice to turn the company's fortunes around. He founded his own consulting firm, Lewis & Associates, in 1975 and helped guide the reorganization of the ailing Reading Railroad into the Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail). In addition to his experience in capital ways, Lewis' value lies in his background as a corporate troubleshooter. Says Anthony Hoffman, a vice president of the New York City brokerage firm A.G. Becker: "His political reputation and skills will be an added asset when it comes to the hunt for new cable franchises, but what is really being...
...parts to Sudan, the largest nation in Africa and independent since 1956, was a challenging task. The machine had been in Pakistan, where it was used to dig a passage between the Indus and Jhelum rivers; it had to be broken down into 742 components for transport by ship, rail and barge...
...personal computer can be put in a living room, why should anyone have to go to work in an office at all? The question can bring a stab of hope to anybody who spends hours every day on the San Diego Freeway or the Long Island Rail Road. Nor is "telecommuting" as unrealistic as it sounds. Futurist Jack Nilles of the University of Southern California has estimated that any home computer cardio-would soon pay for itself from savings in commuting expenses and in city office rentals...