Word: warns
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...rest of the transportation industry is certain to feel the pinch of higher oil prices. Although airlines have begun to pass along the increases in the form of surcharges, analysts warn that the policy could backfire by discouraging air travel. Says Robert Decker, who follows the industry for the Chicago-based investment-research firm Duff & Phelps: "Fuel prices are important, but the really important variable is what happens to the economy. If the economy falters, it will mean a significant reduction in profits, or losses, at some carriers." That could cripple such weak airlines as Pan American and TWA, already...
...West Germany, experts believe the threat of homegrown terrorism in Western Europe is receding. In Italy the Red Brigades, once a veritable scourge, have not mounted an attack in more than two years. In France, Action Directe, a far-left extremist movement, appears to have been crushed. Experts warn, however, that a new menace may be looming: the ethnic and religious conflicts springing out of the dissolution of the Soviet empire could give rise to a new strain of the terrorist virus. The Soviets appear to be so worried about that possibility that they are sending two retired KGB generals...
...contend that the company is overestimating the opposition. A Louis Harris survey released last week found that 73% of American adults support abortion rights. Supporters believe that acceptance of RU 486 in other countries will lead women to push harder to bring it to the U.S. Doctors also warn that if the drug is not made officially available in the U.S., a black market for it will develop...
Abroad, Saddam has embarked on a dangerous course to intimidate opponents and supporters alike. Last March an Iraq-bound shipment of devices, widely believed to be for use in triggering a nuclear explosion, was intercepted in London. The ensuing speculation about his militaristic intentions provoked Saddam to warn, "We will let our fire eat half of Israel if it tries to wage anything against Iraq." A week later British officials impounded another Iraqi shipment, this one containing what defense experts thought was the barrel of the world's largest cannon...
...likely to do anything that would jeopardize his standing either in Iraq or in the Middle East. Many Western analysts believe Saddam would not be so foolish as to initiate a first strike against Israel, a move that would invite only his destruction. At the same time, they warn that he is capable of vicious retaliation and caution against attempts to isolate him, which might provoke his use of outlawed weapons...