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Japan's past economic success stems, in large part, from its business philosophy, Vogel said. While American companies tend to react drastically to economic crises, Japanese businesses are more likely to "tighten their belts and ride out" economic problems, he explained...
Meanwhile, Garang's force of roughly 12,000 men threatened to tighten its siege of Sudan's four large southern towns. In addition, the insurgents braced themselves for an expected assault from government forces, supported, the rebels claimed, by 13,000 Libyan troops gathered on the border. Though Sadiq denies any ties to Tripoli, there seems little doubt that he is drifting politically leftward. In early August the new Prime Minister visited Libya, which had been an enemy of the pro-American Nimeiri, and later he traveled to Moscow. Said Information Minister Mohammed Tewfiq Ahmed: "We cannot afford to have...
...abduction cast a disturbing shadow over the Administration's announcement earlier that day of "Operation Alliance," an antidrug effort that will cost more than $266 million and is designed to tighten enforcement along the entire 2,000-mile border. Under the new policy, roughly 600 additional U.S. officials with more than $100 million in new equipment will join the border war against drugs. Indeed, said Meese, the effort was the "most widespread interdiction program on our land borders in law- enforcement history." In calling for invigorated efforts to crack down on drugs, President Reagan tactfully acknowledged the Mexican view...
...light beer. The chain grew from one Atlanta outlet in 1981 to about 100 restaurants in 19 states last year. But now D'Lites may be down to its final few bites. Company President Jefferson McMahon, a former Arby's executive who was hired only last November to tighten up D'Lites' management, abruptly quit the top job last week. The chain acknowledged that it may soon have to seek bankruptcy protection unless it can arrange an infusion of new capital. D'Lites lost $18.7 million during fiscal 1986, after making a profit of $948,000 in the previous year...
...indicated a willingness to amend the ABM treaty to tighten some of its imprecisions and extend the period of notice each side would have to give before withdrawing from the treaty. This willingness to dicker with Moscow over the ABM treaty is being interpreted as a sweetener, a hint to the Soviets that the U.S. may be prepared to agree later to a longterm restriction of SDI. So it may be. But the fact remains that the U.S. is still playing hard to get on SDI. The Administration had long since reaffirmed a policy of abiding by the ABM treaty...