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...most crucial election campaign in the history of El Salvador came to a bitter end last week with a stream of venomous accusations. The major parties indulged in a final orgy of personal insults, cries of corruption and charges of treason. The torrent of abuse not only reflected the riven society in El Salvador, where more than 30,000 people have died for political reasons since October 1979; it sadly showed how difficult it will be to build a unified nation in the future...
...similar system of matching codes and dual-key procedures applies aboard the 15 or so U.S. nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines that are on 70-day patrol at any given time. They are always submerged, observing radio silence, and receive a stream of messages by means of a 2,400-ft. antenna that the boat trails above and behind it, just below the ocean surface. Usually this incoming traffic consists of routine instructions, equipment tests and 40-word "familygrams" for the crew. But the message could also be a much shorter, infinitely
Recessions almost always drive down inflation because prices cannot be raised rapidly when production and sales are falling. As business activity winds down, stockpiles of unsold commodities and goods begin to swell, choking the stream of commerce with bulging inventories of everything from aluminum and grain to cars and unsold homes. To raise cash, businessmen begin dumping their inventories at bargain-basement rates, dragging down prices even further...
...fourth of all cancer deaths, often fails to respond to treatment. According to the report, only 10% of its victims survive five years after diagnosis. The report cautions against the use of pipes, cigars, snuff and chewing tobacco, and warns of dangers to nonsmokers exposed to cigarette smoke. "Side- stream" smoke emitted into the air from a smoldering cigarette sometimes includes carcinogens in higher concentrations than those inhaled directly by a smoker. The Surgeon General cites two studies that showed increased risk of lung cancer in nonsmoking women who are married to smokers. Such findings are considered preliminary...
...hazards a few guesses: "Maybe I think I'm running into happiness, running to some spot in the future of my life where I will always be happy," he thinks as he crosses the border out of California. But later Shapiro denies this in one of an endless stream of self-revisions and reconsideration's of what his journey means...