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...Syria continued to refuse to let engineers repair the Trans-Arabian pipeline, which was accidentally broken seven weeks ago by a bulldozer. By denying entry to repair crews, the revolutionary Syrian government gains status among Arab extremists, while conservative Saudi Arabia, where the line originates, loses up to $500,000 a day. The line's owner, Arabian-American Oil Co. (Aramco), is seeking to charter tankers to move the crude...
Gardner laudably appeals for "immediate and far-reaching moves" to save the environment, but he follows this with a call for "sustained economic growth." Since said growth is largely responsible for the plunder of natural resources, this is like trying to repair, maintain, and fuel a car while pressing the accelerator to the floor. Good ecology is incompatible with ancient economic dogmas that wealth is something measured in beer cans per consumer...
...disaster struck, ordered $16 million set aside for relief and reconstruction. A dozen other countries rushed aid-including the U.S., which sent the helicopter carrier Guam, despite Washington's displeasure with Velasco for his seizure of a U.S.-owned oil company. It will take vast sums to repair the effects of a catastrophe that has left 800,000 homeless in a nation of 13 million. Said one official, who estimated the losses at $250 million: "It will probably take us ten to 15 years to repair the damage...
...figures show a 14% rise. In New York City, Alexander's recently posted an 18% profit increase, aided by such promotions as "pre-inflation sales" that offered men's suits for $29. Used-car sales are also brisk, mainly for models costing less than $1,000. Auto-repair volume is up 10% from last year, partly because drivers are trying to nurse one more year from their old models...
Campus disorder is expensive. Stanford University, for one, has begun totting up the dollar costs of its violent spring. Out-of-pocket expenses have come to $240,000, including $100,000 for broken windows and other property damage. Overtime work by repair crews, campus police, administrators and others brings the six-week total to $580,000. At some campuses, even bigger figures come even faster: last week fire bombs at California's Fresno State College destroyed a computer center valued at close...