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...past several weeks, though, have been a public relations disaster for the airlines. While no deaths have occurred on a major U.S. carrier in the past 22 months, frightening incidents seem to abound. Consider...
While it may seem like a long leap -- both culturally and conceptually -- from the steaming jungles of Viet Nam to the concrete canyons of Manhattan, Stone had his problems with both. "I don't like to work in an office," he complains. "Being under fluorescent light for two weeks is almost equivalent to being under 105 degrees sun in the Philippines." Stone is not the only Platoon veteran who thinks so. Charlie Sheen traded his M-16 for an M.B.A. to play an overeager stockbroker named Bud Fox. The actor found the white-collar trenches of Gotham "much worse. When...
Only a few weeks ago, the foundation for a summit seemed to have been firmly established. The U.S. and the Soviet Union had agreed in principle on a plan to eliminate intermediate-range nuclear forces from Europe. This INF agreement, which would also include the elimination of shorter-range missiles, was to form the basis for a third meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev. But now the Soviets seem to be stalling. The Kremlin postponed a Washington meeting between Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze that had been expected to take place last week. "The Soviet...
...time being, the Soviets seem content to sit back and monitor the Iran-contra hearings before taking their next step. If Reagan emerges unharmed, Gorbachev may be quick to clear away the obstacles to an INF accord and a summit. If, on the other hand, the President's reputation -- or Shultz's -- is further wounded by the hearings, the Kremlin might decide it has the upper hand. Soviet observers contend that the President, along with his political advisers, may realize that only a successful summit can deflect attention from the Iran-contra affair and assure Reagan a favorable mention...
There are reasons for the quickening national paralysis: more and more people live and work in locations that are not linked to adequate public transport, millions of women have entered the work force and are new rush-hour drivers, ingenious alternatives seem to get stymied by lack of imagination or money or both, and, above all, gas is cheap. In places where gas is still below a dollar, many drivers have reverted to old habits, and in some parts of the U.S. a two-occupant car is about as common as a bald eagle...