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Jumping off at the entrance to my car, I landed in the bed of gravel on which the tracks rest. Sliding down the steep slope toward the soft mud below, I stepped over several cables. Fortunately, they were not carrying current...
...Iran scandal changed everything. A frustrated Washington press corps had felt itself ignored by a public that did not want to hear criticism of a popular President. But the sudden and steep decline in Reagan's popularity suggests that all along the public had recognized, in a man it admired, how casually he minded the store, and how willfully he could deny facts or distort them. The most devastating statistic in the polls was that more than half the people didn't believe...
...debt could reach $800 billion by 1991, Feldstein estimated. More ominous, U.S. debt could suddenly hit a critical point at which foreign investors become concerned that their money is concentrated too much in one place. Any sudden loss of confidence, said De Vries, could send the dollar into a steep fall. A plunge in the dollar could ignite a run-up of interest rates and a recession. Said De Vries: "It's going to take a miracle to solve this problem without a really significant slowdown in the U.S. economy, but I don't think it's around the corner...
...Pudding wasn't always that bad. Three years ago anyone who wanted to join could show up at a cocktail party, get a few signatures from any friendly face and be assured of acceptance. No one was turned away. The fees were not steep either, so almost anyone could afford to join the club...
Thai Airways International Flight 620 was nearing Osaka, Japan, when suddenly a terrific bang in the rear of the plane sent it into a steep, rolling descent. Within minutes the A-300 Airbus had plummeted four miles, to 12,000 ft. Passengers were pitched around the cabin, said a witness, "like astronauts training in a gravity-zero zone...