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...argument for conscription is a social one; in the wake of the 1970s and the "Me Generation" style of thought, we need a social institution that will revive the concept of public service among our people. A mandatory system of national service (like the ones that France, Germany and Switzerland have, for example) would allow every young person the opportunity to serve our society either in the military or in another form of public service (e.g., Peace Corps, Vista, hospital volunteers, community organizing, etc.). The human resources and enthusiasm that this system would channel into constructive tasks would be considerable...
...mountain and shook his head, again and again. He was not confident, although his time of 1:45.5 was more than a second faster than Italy's Plank. As the moments passed, more skiers descended; Stock kept his eyes fixed upon the electronic Scoreboard to watch their clockings. Switzerland's Peter Mueller, the top downhill man in the 1979 World Cup and one of the favorites at Lake Placid, came in more than a second slower than Stock; he would place fourth. The Austrian Wirnsberger finished at 1:46.12, good enough for the silver. Canada's Steve...
...news may first delight, then bewilder inflation-weary Americans, whose stack of unpaid bills grows every time the mailman calls. According to a study by the Union Bank of Switzerland, citizens in big U.S. cities are substantially better off in terms of what they can actually buy with their wages and salaries than people with similar jobs in metropolises in other countries...
...since he grew up on Chicago's gilt-edged North Shore. At 15, Dad packed his only son off to a client's foundry in a small Canadian town for a summer's work to learn blue-collar life. After that there were summer jobs in Switzerland, Germany and Argentina, engineering and business studies, varsity football and tennis at Cornell. In his early 20s, Chuck Knight headed the European operations of Lester B. Knight & Associates, Inc.: in his early 30s, he took charge of the whole company. Then, startlingly, he revolted against Dad's grand plan...
...action at the XIII Winter Olympics, Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden stormed back from fourth place in the men's slalom and captured his second gold medal. Phil Mahre of Yakima, Wash., who led after the first of two runs, took the silver half a second behind. Jacques Luethy of Switzerland finished third...