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...million or more. Of these, 18 will be in developing countries, including some of the poorest nations in the world. Mexico City already has 20 million people and Calcutta 12 million. According to the World Bank, some of Africa's cities are growing by 10% a year, the swiftest rate of urbanization ever recorded...
...years as the nation's swiftest and highest-flying reconnaissance planes, SR-71 Blackbirds detected China's first atomic test in 1964 and snapped photos of Tehran detailed enough to encourage Jimmy Carter to order his hostage rescue attempt in 1980. Flying at more than 100,000 ft. at speeds exceeding 2,000 m.p.h. they evaded more than 1,000 surface-to-air missiles launched to shoot them down. But last week the SR-71s were finally grounded by Pentagon cost cutters who believe spy satellites made the planes obsolete...
...wrong, for this is pig racing, run on an 85-ft. sawdust oval track, and the porkers do not dawdle: the swiftest swine cross the finish line in 5 or 6 sec. In his best Kentucky Derby style, Holding calls the race: "Pigmalion's first out of the box, with the lead on the rail. Hamtrak settles into second, with Flying Frank third." Suddenly his voice rises excitedly: "Here comes Boaris Karloff on the outside, closing fast around the final turn!" Holding is drowned out by the shouts of the crowd as the pack pounds down the stretch...
...unexpectedly alike and amazingly unlikely straw-haired farm boys who are not only reigning at the top of their games but raising the ceilings of their sports. Confounding normal description, confusing standard measurement, Gretzky is not the slickest skater or hardest shooter, just as Bird is not the swiftest runner or highest jumper. One is frankly too frail for the business, the other simply too agile for his size...
...optimism in the financial markets was tempered by worries about the fate of the dollar, which last week gyrated wildly. At first, it took off on its swiftest, steepest climb since 1978. By Tuesday afternoon it had risen 2% against the West German mark and the French franc and more than 3% vs. the British pound, which sank to an all-time...