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Just a few years ago that encounter in the Soviet Flight Control Center at Kaliningrad, a suburb 15 miles northeast of Moscow, would have been unthinkable. In the closed world of the Soviet space program, the most impressive launches were rarely announced in advance for fear of failure. Even then, the barest details were released afterward -- and only if the mission went just as planned. These days that characteristic secrecy seems to have evaporated, replaced with a confidence bolstered by the dawning international recognition that Soviet achievements in space are fast outstripping those...
Even as a child, Bork delighted in running counter to the grain. He became a popular but bookish teenager who mystified his friends in the solidly Republican town of Ben Avon, a Pittsburgh suburb, by declaring himself a socialist. His father, a purchasing agent for a steel company, and his mother, a teacher, both thought the flirtation with socialism was crazy. "I read The Coming Struggle for Power, a Marxist analysis of capitalism by John Strachey," he recalled later. "It was powerful stuff and I thought it was probably true...
...autocratic and contributed to flagging morale. In 1980 the bank's board ousted him. Abboud soon became president of Occidental, only to resign in 1984 after policy clashes with Chairman Armand Hammer. Since then, Abboud has run his own investment firm near his home in the posh Chicago suburb of Barrington. His reputation for toughness lingers, however, and Abboud seems to revel in it. "People think the A in A. Robert Abboud stands for abrasive," he has said. (Actually, it stands for Alfred...
...burgeoning demand for princely quarters has caused house prices to surge in many exclusive towns, especially on the East and West coasts. The average sale price of a home in Bradbury, Calif., a Los Angeles suburb, has in the past year gone from $459,000 to $610,000, according to a survey by the nationwide broker network of RELO, a Chicago-based relocation service. In Greenwich, Conn., northeast of Manhattan, the average cost has skyrocketed incredibly, from $467,500 to $1.2 million since the summer of 1986. Prices are not rising that fast in heartland suburbs, but almost every region...
...dawn the issue was far from decided. Mutinous units took hold of regional commands in several areas outside the capital, including Cebu, the country's second largest metropolitan area. In the Manila suburb of Quezon City, a fierce fire fight raged around the government communications center, home of television Channel 4. Rebels also managed to seize part of Villamor Air Base, adjoining Manila International Airport, trapping General Antonio Sotelo, the air force commander, in his office. A contingent of 300 men talked their way into Manila's Camp Aguinaldo, headquarters of the national defense forces and the general staff. Only...