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Ortega's determination at least to act like a peacemaker seems to stem primarily from economic concerns. The war, which consumes more than half of Nicaragua's annual budget, is taking an enormous toll on the economy. The most immediate concern is oil. This year the Soviet Union and its East-bloc satellites are expected to supply 490,000 tons, or 64% of the total need, compared with 95% in 1986. Oddly, the crisis has neither lowered the monthly gas ration of 20 gal. for each vehicle nor inspired the state to ease the controls that hold the official price...
...before pulling back into the commercial district surrounding the palace. Some of the defenders took up pursuit, and sporadic gunfire continued for hours. By nightfall Friday, the government estimated that at least 20 people had died, including a photographer and a reporter, but there was widespread speculation that the toll was much higher. As many as 265 people were wounded. The President was unharmed, and the rebels reportedly never got close to her house, but her only son Benigno ("Noynoy"), 27, was seriously wounded. Caught in his car with four bodyguards during the shooting, the young Aquino was saved from...
None of the previous coup attempts could match the ferocity or human toll of last week's rising. In a televised speech on Friday afternoon, Aquino declared, "I have ordered the Chief of Staff of the armed forces to terminate this mutiny as soon as possible. There will be no terms. I have nothing to say to these traitors . . . This morning my only son Noynoy was shot and wounded. I will not allow these people to bring back the cruelty of the past dictatorship." The President referred to the rebels, with uncharacteristic acerbity, as "monsters...
...Monday through Friday, as a clerk for Oral B Laboratories, a toothbrush maker in Redwood City, Calif. Then, on Sunday afternoons and Monday and Tuesday evenings, she clocks an additional 13 hours selling sheets and towels at a branch of Macy's department store. "It takes a toll," says Davis of her 50 1/2-hour work week. Nonetheless, she expects to continue moonlighting for at least a year to pay off debts she ran up before losing a previous job in San Diego...
Chronic exhaustion coupled with enormous responsibility takes a terrible toll. While working as a resident in New York City hospitals, Joseph Sachter watched his peers literally crumple to the floor. On one occasion, he reports, a resident, on duty for nearly 24 hours, had just enough stamina to oversee safely the birth of a baby at 4 a.m. "Then he walked out of the delivery room and collapsed." The early-morning hours toward the end of a shift constitute a "danger zone" for patients, says Sachter. "When it's 5 a.m. and the case doesn't appear to be life...