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...Soviet Union has one of the world's largest economies, but it operates on a simple principle: pay as you go. Soon, though, some Soviet denizens may utter the Russian equivalent of that time-honored phrase, "Charge it!" Visa International, the world's No. 1 credit-card issuer, last week won the right to offer the Soviet Union's first credit cards...
Other businesses are getting in on the game as well. Some banks, including New York City's Citicorp, arrange for their Visa and MasterCard holders to receive frequent-flyer mileage every time they use their credit cards. The variations on this strategy are potentially unlimited. Members of TWA's frequent-flyer plan can chalk up mileage by buying Glad trash bags...
...film, won the right to operate the center that is processing the millions of rolls professional and amateur photographers shoot at the Games. IBM got to provide the computers that officials and athletes are using to check the schedule of events as well as the times and scores recorded. Visa is the Games' official credit card; ^ American Express, MasterCard and Diners Club cards are thus not being accepted at any Olympic ticket office or venue (though they find ready acceptance at Calgary hotels and restaurants). General Motors has the right to supply all the vehicles used by Olympic officials...
...worst part of being an African at Harvard, students say, is the University's failure to provide adequate guidance and support. The Harvard International Office assists students with technical problems like visa applications, but several African students say they wish it did more. "The Harvard International Office tries to provide support for the foreign students here, but it's kind of limited," says Patrice R. Backer, who came here via Haiti from Congo. "There is a lack of a network," he says...
...those who are not discouraged by all this, there are other caveats. The wait for a visa to visit Viet Nam can be exasperatingly long, and doctors recommend an arm-numbing array of shots against typhoid, cholera, tetanus and diphtheria, as well as the weekly malaria pill while in-country. A few other words of advice are in order. Leave your preconceptions at home; pack instead medical supplies for most intestinal contingencies (don't drink the water, peel all the fruit) and a healthy tolerance for inconvenience (no toilet paper or light bulbs). Credit cards and traveler's checks...