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...from just five in 1981 to 166 last year. Hungary leads the Soviet bloc in joint ventures, with 140 formed since 1972. Western firms are allowed to own the majority share of a venture in Hungary, and sometimes receive generous tax breaks. Yugoslavia, the first East European country to seek joint ventures with the West, has formed 225 since 1967. One of the largest: a $62 million auto-parts plant co-owned by General Motors. In Belgrade the first McDonald's in Eastern Europe has been drawing more than 2,500 customers daily since it opened its doors last month...
...beginning of the end of the Kuwaiti hijacking came shortly before 4 a.m. last Wednesday with a totally unexpected message from the Boeing 747. "We declare to the Muslim people and to all people who seek freedom," said a voice over the cockpit radio, "that today, the third day of Ramadan, we will end the Kuwaiti airplane operation...
Mehta said 20 years was "too stiff" for someone who has never been convicted before, but that if Razo were found guilty on all counts, he would seek a sentence of "10 years, at least...
Allowing teen-agers to assume the responsibilities of adulthood when they are biologically ready will reduce the length of the "teen" years and encourage the formation of responsible adults at a younger age. Ironically, this measure can itself further the cause of social stability which moralistic social critics seek to strengthen by mere rhetoric. Certainly, an educational system which complements and responds to physical maturation must be superior to one which ignores or seeks to contradict that growth...
Farmer, 49, an effervescent backslapper who never misses an opportunity to promote himself or his candidate, is the master of modern political fund raising: a person who can franchise a nationwide pyramid of captains and lieutenants to seek out $1,000 donations, the maximum permitted by law. So far he has raised nearly $17 million from 75,000 donors, plus $8.5 million in federal matching funds. With money pouring in at a rate of $60,000 a day, Farmer will soon hit the $27.7 million legal ceiling for primary spending. Besides buying Dukakis early credibility, it has given...