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...government has forced civil servants to wear ties and shave off beards to give an appearance of greater discipline. It has urged women to wear long-sleeved dresses instead of jeans, and to use less perfume and makeup. Many Turks are irritated even by seemingly reasonable decisions, such as increased enforcement of the country's generally ignored traffic laws. Says an Istanbul journalist: "We are not a nation of 45 million small soldiers as Evren wants. We are civilians...
...issues. What Spinney's briefing clearly shows is that attention must be paid not only to how much is spent, but how it is spent. According to his sobering analysis, the Administration's proposed buildup presents funding problems that go well beyond the question of how to shave $10 billion or $15 billion from this year's budget. The traditional methods of assault-whittling away at frills, stretching out weapons purchases, skimping on maintenance money-will be as futile in the short run as they are wasteful in the long run. In a windowless office...
...Petroleum Exporting Countries to prop up the cost of crude by curbing production have collapsed, at least temporarily. As a result, said Rimmer de Vries, chief international economist for Morgan Guaranty Trust, the official price of OPEC oil may fall from $34 per bbl. to $28, which would shave a percentage point off the U.S. inflation rate. James McKie, an economics professor at the University of Texas, maintained that unless OPEC regroups and sets production quotas, the oil price could drop even lower than $28. Last Friday a price war erupted. First Britain proposed to its customers...
...Uncle Al?' His eyes opened; a satyr's twinkle. His other hand grasped my knee. Nice firm leg, he said approvingly. Don't ever shave. No, you're not a child any more. Run along, or your grandmother will be scolding me again. Come again tomorrow...
...days by trimming $2 or $3 off its $33.50 charge for North Sea oil. He said that Nigeria, an OPEC member that has had particular trouble selling oil recently, might then feel forced to follow Britain's lead. If that happened, Yamani hinted, the Saudis might themselves shave a few dollars off their $34-per-bbl. price...