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...U.S.S.R. also gets poor marks for conservation. The Soviet constitution of 1977 promised "to preserve the purity of air and water, ensure reproduction of natural wealth and improve the human environment." That lofty goal is honored mostly in the breach. Pollution in most urban areas is getting worse every year???not yet as bad as Los Angeles' or Detroit's, but getting there. The campaign to clean up the industrial filth in Lake Baikal?which became an international cause célèbre?has been the exception that proves the rule. Soviet environmentalists usually lose their battles against economic planners...
...country's peaceful mode of life, under the benevolently authoritarian rule of Prince Sihanouk, was suddenly imperiled by the Viet Nam conflict. At the time, Cambodia was an overwhelmingly agricultural country that exported rice. Though it could hardly have been termed prosperous?per capita income was only $110 a year???its people lived relatively well by Asian standards. Unfortunately, the Cambodian army was weak and poorly equipped; Sihanouk was unable to prevent the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese from using parts of the country as sanctuaries and resupply routes for their forces in South Viet Nam. The existence...
...Doctors feel they have a right to charge high fees?their median income is a towering $65,000 a year???to make up for the long training they must undergo and the 80-hour weeks that many say they put in, and to compensate them for bearing the responsibility of making life-and-death decisions. Says one Boston specialist with an international clientele: "Remember that when a doctor has finished seven or eight years of schooling, two or three years of internship, two or three years of specialization, by then he is married, starting a family and an expensive practice...
...board's forecast assumes some temporary increase in unemployment next year???perhaps to 6.3% or 6.4% next summer, in Eckstein's view ?from last month's relatively cheering rate of 5.9%. Also, the slowdown will do little if anything to temper inflation, which is expected to average 8% this year as measured by the Consumer Price Index. Robert Nathan, who heads an economic consulting firm in Washington, thinks the rate may come down a point or so next year, but he is the board's optimist. Sprinkel believes inflation may actually worsen a little next year; the others...
...small-town manufacturer out of business or rejuvenate an industry that was on the brink of bankruptcy. The lobbyist who gets the clause removed, or puts it in, can be worth his salary for 100 lifetimes. The very magnitude of federal spending?about $565 billion this year???reflects the stakes involved as competing groups try to get what they consider their fair share, or more...