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...France, Britain, West Germany, Japan, India and the Soviet Union. Programs involving breeder reactors are under way in the Soviet Union, India, France, West Germany and Japan. (In 1983, the U.S. canceled its $4 billion Clinch River breeder facility, located at Oak Ridge, Tenn., because of long construction delays, steep cost increases and a declining need for additional nuclear power installations...
Indeed, by the end of last week, the Gary and Cathy Show had turned into a traveling media circus. NBC picked up the steep tab for the pair's airfares -- in Dotson's case, a chartered jet -- and hotel rooms. The drama seemingly will not end until the final commercial is played on the TV movie that may result from last week's flood of offers for Dotson's life story...
...waited, Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone appeared on Japanese national television last week with a crucial mission: to prevent an international trade war. In stern tones, he told his audience that the U.S. Congress, incensed by Japan's $37 billion trade surplus with America, was on the verge of erecting steep new barriers to imports. Warning that the free-trade system and even peace and prosperity were in danger, Nakasone made an unprecedented appeal to the Japanese public. "I would like to ask you to buy more foreign goods," he said. "If each Japanese buys $100 in foreign goods, the increase...
Although the purchase prices are steep, the saving on food, lodging and layovers can be attractive, particularly for a cost-conscious couple on the road ten months of the year. A few maintain no on-the-ground house at all and stay with relatives during their short periods of downtime. Bill and Linda Yancey of Chula Vista, Calif., figure they will soon pay for their $21,000 sleeper by sharing driving time. "It takes two to keep it going," says Bill, who adds that "it's nice to have someone in this with you as a partner...
...thing, its keyboard was difficult to use. Even worse, its memory was limited, an unpardonable offense in a / computer. It did not satisfy professionals looking for sophisticated machines, and its price range of $699 to $1,269 for various models (without accessories like a display monitor) was too steep for casual users. IBM responded to widespread consumer complaints last summer by reducing prices and improving the memory on new models and offering a better keyboard without charge to people who had already bought PCjrs...