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...colonial times, British steamship passengers knew Aden, at the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula, as a free port on the edge of a vast desert. In late 1967, after four years of civil strife, the moonscape known as Aden and the Protectorate of South Arabia was granted its independence by the British government. In time it became known as the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, or simply South Yemen, to distinguish it from the Yemen Arab Republic to the north. The only Arab country that explicitly calls itself Marxist, South Yemen (pop. 2 million) forged close ties with...
...recovery still existed: a crash landing of the declining dollar, for example, or a collapse of oil prices could bring turmoil to the international financial system. An American turn to protectionism as a means of dealing with its $145 billion trade deficit poses another risk. So does the vast, unpayable debt being borne by developing countries. But Mast believes that prospects for international crisis management have been greatly improved since U.S. Treasury Secretary James Baker launched his campaign last year for closer cooperation among the world's major industrial countries. Said Mast: "1986 could be a decisive year...
Administration officials said the proposals would strengthen U.S. firms in their struggle with foreign manufacturers, which are often part of vast industrial enterprises. Attorney General Edwin Meese said the changes would "bring antitrust laws into conformity with modern times" by making them "compatible with the global market." Concurred Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige: "We are living in an era of intense worldwide competition, and we think American companies should merge if it is going to increase their competitiveness...
...stberg. They mingled in places as dissimilar as hotel coffee shops and the 34-room apartment of Saul Steinberg, the takeover artist. There was also a party at Gracie Mansion, where Mayor Edward Koch and Poet Allen Ginsberg hummed a mantra, and a wall-to-wall reception in the vast Egyptian wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Milling around the reconstructed Temple of Dendur, star watchers could search for the Santa Claus figure of Canadian Novelist Robertson Davies and eavesdrop on the exquisite ironies of Indian-born Novelist Salman Rushdie. Beside the reflecting pool, the gifted throng could contemplate...