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...single out offenders and called for changes in the way Hutton does business. "I think we got the facts," declared Bell, whose team of 14 lawyers interviewed more than 370 current and former Hutton employees. Says James Hanbury, who studies Hutton for the investment firm Wertheim & Co.: "Bell was tougher on Hutton than I expected. You can't call this a whitewash...
...discipline and hard work, Gorbachev warned in May that "those who do not intend to adjust and who are an obstacle to solving these new tasks must simply get out of the way." He followed up in June with a speech denouncing stodgy production ministries and their ministers. Tougher yet, he cited four of the incompetents by name. Moscow gossip has it that unless the Old Guard can somehow figure out a way to stop him before the Communist Party Congress meeting next February, an event that occurs only once every five years, Gorbachev will push out fully half...
...began when a bunch of jocks in Hawaii fell to arguing about which was the tougher sport, biking, running or swimming. Out of the quarrel was born the first Ironman Triathlon: 15 seemingly crackbrained humans on a 2.4-mile ocean swim followed by a 112-mile bike race followed by a 26.2-mile marathon run. That was in 1978. This year, with the distances in many cases shortened to a so-called tinman's grasp, 1.2 million Americans are expected to take part in 2,100 triathlons. The event is being called the fastest-growing participatory sport in the nation...
Among the arguments made by advocates of tougher immigration laws is the contention that the extension of public services to illegal aliens is a drain on American taxpayers. They note that some workers without documents manage to receive government welfare and health-care benefits, and many send their children to public schools. The counterargument is that more than 70% of illegal aliens have Social Security as well as federal and state income taxes withheld from their pay by employers who want to maintain the pretense that they are using legal labor. Since these workers often do not file tax returns...
...real significance," says Barrett. Reporting an unpredictable story on deadline is always difficult, says McGeary. "But," she adds, "the rush of information from sources as varied and contradictory as Lebanese clandestine radio, officials in three governments and the State Department task force overseeing the crisis made this job tougher than usual." After nine grueling days, McGeary observes, "This kind of story calls for three things: careful judgment, persistent legwork and physical stamina...