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...jobs since 1967-while the offsetting gains in New York amounted to only 30,000 jobs in the service sector since 1967. The story is much the same in other cities with large concentrations of Blacks such as Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore, Cleveland, Gary, and Newark. When we consider the toll exacted by the persistence of high unemployment (and underemployment) and the tragic fact that many Blacks, frustrated by failure, have simply stopped looking for work, the "cultural argument that Black family instability and unwed pregnancy are unrelated to external factors seems quite absurd indeed...
Twenty-one soldiers were killed in the latest incursion, the highest toll for a single South African military maneuver since 1976. The Johannesburg Sunday Express offered a national prayer: "Lord, spare us from victory. The year has begun with another victory in a war we are destined to lose." Botha's disengagement pleased the Reagan Administration, which has been working to effect an overall settlement in the area that would eventually lead to the removal from Angola of Cuba's 26,000 troops and advisers. In recent weeks, U.S. officials have engaged in talks with representatives of both...
...accidents like Jackson's are hardly unprecedented. Laurence Olivier, while shooting the movie Lady Hamilton in 1940, had his wig accidentally set afire by a torch; he escaped serious injury. But the toll seems to have burgeoned with the technology. Erik Estrada was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident on the set of TV's CHiPs in 1979. Another TV star, Peter Barton, suffered third-degree burns over 18% of his body in 1981 while filming his sci-fi series The Powers of Matthew Star. Dozens of stunt people and technicians have been involved in less publicized mishaps...
...that would mean hikes in food and fuel prices. Before a precarious order was restored, the government had called out the royal army, cordoned off three northern towns, closed the University of Marrakesh, and imposed a tight news blackout that made firsthand coverage impossible. Official estimates put the death toll at 29 and the wounded at 114. Foreign diplomats called the figures conservative...
...Apple He computer. He has also pushed work on a series of Lisa products and has tried to make them compatible with Mac. The new Lisas, which range in price from $3,495 to $5,495, will run programs written for Mac. The pace has taken its toll. Complains one Apple staffer: "People are working their buns off. It's difficult to see straight. We've got crazy schedules...