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Carter spooked the timber interests as never before. If passed, the ban would be the most severe restriction on timber harvests in the country. "It would devastate the forest-products industry," says Vic Berardelli, its spokesman in Augusta. The industry responded with a $1.8 million war chest to try to defeat the referendum--a huge effort in Maine...
...continue to crowd into the field. Next week Wal-Mart and Chase Manhattan Bank will roll out a no-frills MasterCard with no annual fee and an annual interest rate of 14.48%. "We found that people really don't care that much about special promotions," says Keith Morris, a spokesman for the largest U.S. retailer. "They want a card with a fixed low-interest rate that won't go up after 60 or 90 days." But Wal-Mart is baiting its hook with a 9.9% teaser rate to encourage holders of other cards to switch...
...marriage without citing a specific factor, such as adultery or desertion. Lawmakers in Michigan, which is at the forefront of this movement, recently introduced bills to abolish no-fault divorce and put up new barriers to both divorce and marriage. "Marriage is a commitment," says Brian Willats, a spokesman for the Michigan Family Forum, which supports premarital counseling. "It's not just notarized dating...
...Jerusalem near Muslim holy sites. "Netanyahu and Arafat felt things escalated beyond what they anticipated it would," Simons says. "Clearly they were worried about the direction things were going which explains their quick response in agreeing to come here." Netanyahu and Arafat took a private lunch that White House spokesman Mike McCurry said went "a long way to re-establishing the notion of trust" that led Israel and the Palestinian Authority to signing the Oslo peace accords three years ago. But so far there has been no word of concrete movement on the issues by either side. "Netanyahu has painted...
...contract negotiations with the nurses have broken down over language that would allow the replacement of 350 of the hospital's 1,500 R.N.s with unlicensed technicians. The hospital says it has no plans to do this, but simply wants "the flexibility to operate in today's market," explains spokesman Robert de Luna. So, apparently, did Boston's prestigious Brigham and Women's Hospital, where nurses had to threaten a walkout last week to win assurance that R.N.s will not be replaced by unlicensed personnel. Similar showdowns can be expected nationwide, says Beverly Malone, president of the 180,000-member...