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Nader says the only way to counter what he calls Reagan's "virtual war on consumers," is to form large-scale consumer co-ops across the country for service including food, health and automotive repair. He stresses the need for strong organization to make these co-ops effective...
Unlike Paris, New York has an abundance of taxicabs to take you to the good places. Hélas, the drivers seem mostly to be crazy and they do not know their geography! As for their cars, say GM, they could not be in worse repair if you boarded them in the farthest depths of Turkey...
...Complaints that HRE has paid contractors exorbitant prices for repairs and then tried to pass the costs on to tenants through rent increases. An independent contractor retained by tenants in one building testified last month that Harvard paid close to three times what it should have cost to paint walls and repair windows in one building a charge that University officials have also denied...
...just to remove some rust and graffiti? No restoration campaign is ever that simple. It will cost $12,000 to clean-the Saint-Gaudens bronze and to provide a new sword, plus a few extra swords in anticipation of future vandalism. About $21,000 is needed to repair the chipped and cracked masonry. It will take $22,000 more to engrave the names of the black soldiers who died-only the white officers are now named. There are various other items, including $15,000 to restore the memorial's fountain and $50,000 for a permanent endowment...
Though the Salisbury conference fell short of its $2 billion goal, Mugabe was pleased with the results. The money will be used to repair war damage, resettle refugees, develop agriculture and redistribute land. Despite continuing tribal warfare, Mugabe pledged to press ahead with Zimbabwe's reconstruction. "While they may not have been turned into plow shares," he said, "the swords of war have nonetheless been rendered blunt, and within our country we are determined to keep them that way." The only economic sour note for Mugabe was sounded in Pretoria, which announced last week that it would...