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...parliamentary elections in the near future, which should bring a degree of democracy to a largely authoritarian land. But whatever path the new government takes, the people face several more years of austerity. "Sooner or later, Jordanians will have to adjust to a lower standard of living," admitted a top adviser to the King. "There's no other...
When breaks in the stormy weather permit, cleanup crews in a bay of Alaska's Eleanor Island come ashore in landing craft meant for infantry assaults. Off Kenai Peninsula, 200 miles away, the 425-ft. Soviet ship Vaydaghubsky stalks chocolate-colored oil on the high seas. At the top of Montague Strait, south of Valdez harbor, the 17,000-ton troopship U.S.S. Juneau has set anchor. The 400 men aboard are on an expedition to cleanse oil-stricken Smith Island before the annual arrival of seals...
Retailers are scrambling to pluck some gold from the green. Sales from K mart's spruced-up golf line this year will top those for either tennis or exercise equipment. Wilson Sporting Goods' golf-clothing sales have more than doubled since 1985, to $11 million annually. In California off-course golf shops like the Roger Dunn franchise seem to be sprouting on every corner. Says Dennis Davenport, executive director of the Chicago District Golf Association: "Anyone in the industry who is not doing well is doing something wrong...
Such corporate giants as AT&T, Shearson Lehman Hutton and Toyota are catching a ride on the golf cart. Prizes offered by the corporate sponsors of Professional Golfers' Association tournaments are expected to top $63 million this year, up from $31 million four years ago. Says Gee Winands, advertising manager for Sunkist Growers, which annually earmarks about $200,000 for the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour: "We get brand-name exposure by sponsoring the 'Quiet Please' paddles. Every time they hold them up, well, you can't get that kind of exposure from regular advertising." Corporations love golf, says Susan...
...called him Panama's top narcotraficante, indicted him in Florida and vowed to depose him. But General Manuel Antonio Noriega still runs the country, and even though he will not be standing for election on May 7, he looms as the power behind the throne. Polls show that Noriega's handpicked candidate for President, Carlos Duque, trails opposition candidate Guillermo Endara by more than 2 to 1. Yet U.S. officials and opposition leaders are convinced Duque will steal the election. They charge that evidence of government chicanery already abounds: manipulation of voter rolls to keep opponents from the polls, coercion...