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...reduce if not halt the oil exports that provide the revenues needed to bankroll Iran's war effort. A string of air attacks in September, including low-altitude buzz bombing, temporarily stopped petroleum output at the terminal. If Kharg is totally disabled, Iran has threatened to choke off traffic through the 20- to 30-mile-wide Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has said it would interpret closure of the passage as a strategic threat...
...railroads were forced to battle their way onto buses, subways and private rail cars. They pushed and shoved with such force that police officers had to use bullhorns to direct the vast throngs. Those who tried to drive to work in Tokyo soon became entangled in gigantic traffic jams. The paralysis was so complete that many schools in Tokyo canceled classes, and national TV showed rows of vacant desks in offices. Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone condemned the tie-up as "a vicious crime...
...Time Inc. editors. After viewing some of China's free-market experiments and spending more than an hour with Deng, the tour participants agreed that the country's transformation far surpassed their expectations. Says Senior Editor Henry Muller: "In addition to the physical dimension--the construction and the traffic--we were struck by the openness and pragmatism of the officials we met. They subjected us to none of the ideological rhetoric you get from even the most enlightened officials in the Soviet Union or Eastern Europe...
...rise of People and other low-cost carriers has helped air travel grow at a jet-stream pace. During 1984, close to 400 million passengers climbed aboard scheduled flights, a more than 10% increase over 1983. In 1985, traffic for the first nine months was up nearly 11% from the same period the year before. Many of the flyers are first-timers. The percentage of American adults who have flown at least once is up to 70%, from 65% in 1979. Pleasure travel is growing especially fast. Business trips now account for only 50% of all passengers, down from...
...surge in traffic was fostered by deregulation, which made it possible for entrepreneurs to launch new carriers and set their own prices. About 100 airlines now fly interstate routes, compared with 36 in 1978. In addition to People Express, many other new entries have had impressive takeoffs. New York Air is growing rapidly along the East Coast, Muse Air is doing well from its Houston base, and Jet America is carving out a niche with flights between California and the Midwest. Many others, though, have failed. After expanding too swiftly, Air Florida filed for bankruptcy in 1984 and then merged...