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...nation's number three auto maker announced last week that its losses would surpass even the figure of $600 to $700 million it had announced earlier, putting Chrysler in striking distance of a new record for the largest loss in corporate history. Plagued with incompetent managers for the past decade, Chrysler is now close to defaulting on its loans, no small problem--the tenth largest corporate mogul in America is over half a billion dollars in debt. And its repeated boostings of its loss estimates have not reassured the lending institutions, which seem to have written Chrysler...
...February after barely more than a month in office. Bakhtiar, who is on the regime's wanted list of former officials charged with high crimes, accused Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini of lacking "a master idea" for Iran and predicted that the waste and corruption under the Islamic government "will surpass" anything seen in 25 years under the Shah. His aides were beginning to transmit cassette tapes back home to spread his message, as Khomeini had done so successfully. But the chances of Bakhtiar's returning to Iran, much less returning to power, seemed very slim. His following is almost...
...Beacon Hill, not bought with hefty contributions to the arts. Says Walter Pierce, director of the Boston University Celebrity Series: "If this were Tulsa, the Metropolitan Center would have happened overnight." For that matter, such other cities as Houston, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta all surpass Boston as arts centers...
...Blood of Spain, and their total recall is more valuable than any number of academic speculations. The death of Generalissimo Franco has loosened tongues. Doubtless, many new volumes on the Civil War will follow this one. They will have trou ble equaling its power and detail. None will surpass...
...addition, the U.S. undervalues its own military effort. Including nuclear weapons development, veterans' affairs, and military foreign aid, all of which fall under budgets other than that of the Department of Defense, U.S. military spending estimates may well approach or even surpass those of the Soviets...