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Two Arabs aboard the vessel were killed, and three others were captured after the boat was intercepted by an Israeli patrol vessel off the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre

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In the end, Mr. Dukakis's cool reserve may strike some voters as a kind of necessary political toughness or as a liability for such high office

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The martini ranked second in the publication's recent survey of what Americans are drinking

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A group of history buffs in this border city is intent on seeing that Pancho Villa rests in peace rather than in pieces

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These pamphlets were among dozens written just after the Tulipmania by anti- speculative partisans attacking the speculative markets and especially futures trading

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Every four years we can count on a presidential election, the Olympics, and Mr. Schlesinger dragging out his tired old essay on why he doesn't like the electoral college

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Public anger reached its zenith April 30, 1982, when angry mobs stopped three taxis bearing margis, dragged them from their cars, bludgeoned and poured acid on them and finally burned them to death

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" Most of the time, all they do is stick needles in you and take blood.'

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The first time I read an article by humorist P.J. O'Rourke -- " Among the EuroWeenies " in Rolling Stone magazine -- I thought I was going to die laughing

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PARENTS with mildly ill children don't have to miss work under a program initiated for Minneapolis- area employees of Honeywell Inc

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The Doles said they hadn't known about the gain because it was in a blind trust, dissolved over the weekend, that was set up by Mrs. Dole in 1985 when she was secretary of transportation

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There is also an outsized, shiny, Egyptian- style statue of Hadrian's catamite Antinous, who drowned in the Nile

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But now he says he would rather risk missing the start of any bull market than being caught in another collapse, " which would be unforgivable in the eyes of my clients.'

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He noted that the Minnesota Twins, accustomed to the deafening Metrodome noise, used visual signs to communicate during critical plays, while the losing Cardinals yelled to each other, and were drowned out...

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In addition to filling a hole in United's top management, the action marks the first big personnel move by Mr. Wolf, who was named to his posts last month

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But these corporate gains appear more like personal setbacks to Mr. Collyer and many of the other 32, 500 British workers who struck Ford's British plants eight days ago

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Another problem facing Mr. Gorbachev is the growing nationalist sentiment among the Soviet Union's ethnic minorities, sentiment that is flourishing in the current political climate

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In ground tests, parts keep fracturing and flying apart

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It was then that a 747 crash killed 520 people, the worst single- aircraft accident in aviation history

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Still, it's a flinty character indeed who wouldn't be touched by this delicately crafted piece of work

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To hold the property- tax rate low, Addison never built a system to process the sewage flowing from its many developments

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The unit's soda ash business is flourishing, analysts say

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Iranian gunboats attacked an Indian tanker in the Persian Gulf, setting the vessel ablaze and wounding at least one crew member, gulf- based shipping executives reported

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Their plans were immediately attacked by the so- called social wing of the ruling Christian Democratic Union, which wanted more tax revenue to go to the poor

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Eastern Airlines Inc. is stepping up its marketing war in the busy, competitive Northeast shuttle- service market, offering discounts of as much as 30% for passengers buying tickets in bulk

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Heavy water is used to control and cool the reaction of small research reactors

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So in February 1985, three years after her paintings were destroyed, Ms. Smith sued Chase in a New York civil court for$ 25, 000

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Among the tantrums he admits: heaving a faulty phone across the control room, kicking in a TV screen to force NBC to buy a new one, and assaulting construction workers who were too noisy during taping

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One of the contracts prosecutors are examining -- the development job for the Navy's carrier- based advanced tactical aircraft -- was subject to a " best and final offer, " known as a BAFO, and then a " best and revised final offer, " known as a BARFO. Investigators are looking at whether Melvyn Paisley improperly steered the multibillion- dollar job to McDonnell Douglas Corp. and General Dynamics Corp. while he was assistant Navy secretary

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But now, he adds, " I couldn't even hazard a guess " about the whereabouts of the missing painting

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But in the intervening years, so much criticism has been poured upon Chamberlain's failed policies that they have dissolved into caricature

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" We were just riding along on a design that was doomed to failure, " he says

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But thanks to glasnost, people here know that about a dozen people die from mishaps in the factory every year

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Ad agency J. Walter Thompson Co., moving to fill what is widely viewed as a critical management gap, hired a senior executive from rival Omnicom Group Inc. to become its top financial officer

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Nearly four- fifths of this increase would be absorbed by the rising cost of Social Security benefits and the cost of keeping outlays for defense and education even with inflation, as Mr. Bush has proposed

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To ride the next wave of orders in the extended boom time manufacturers expect, McDonnell is trying to capitalize on an edge it will have in the 1990s over Boeing: the ability to produce a plane powered by fuel- efficient " prop- fan " engines

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He added that employees who don't move to the rival's factory in Chicago probably will be absorbed by Bally's growing fitness- equipment manufacturing businesses

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Last week after months of litigation, the company was dissolved, and the trademark was sold for$ 8 million to a Stamford, Conn., investment firm

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Three new funds targeted toward Japanese, Asian and European investors will prompt a fresh influx of foreign cash into the Thai stock market

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It even regulates where kites can be flown and how candy should be displayed in markets -- and fines offenders

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Some analysts say that if Burger King fails to turn around soon, heads will roll at the top

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A giant bank, once rumored to be failing, suddenly flourishes

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The Soviet Germans generally are simple people with little education -- like America's Pennsylvania Dutch, they' ve stuck together in small Protestant communities and speak an antiquated German

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A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and eastern India, triggering landslides and floods and killing at least 500 people and injuring more than 3, 000

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And for those of you planning ahead, this year the troupe will dance " The Nutcracker " Dec. 1- 31. -LRB- 212 -RRB- 870- 5690

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Meanwhile, state and private testing laboratories were flooded with thousands of grain samples as merchants and farmers sought reassurance that their commodities were safe

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Cohen and Kravis was described as cordial, angry charges flew like hail behind the scenes

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My late father- in- law, Jean Le Gorre, once recounted an early experience in the French army during World War I where on bivouac he examined his field ration -- a piece of issue " hardtack.'

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" This case is the next logical step in our efforts to put a halt to Lorenzo's oppressive and unlawful campaign to destroy organized labor at Eastern.'

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Operations at metal and wood coffin manufacturing plants in Missouri, Indiana and Pennsylvania will remain open and, in fact, be expanded with additional shifts to absorb some of the workers and production idled elsewhere

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Reserving enables banks to absorb losses on bad credits

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Most of the machinery in Toyota Motor Corp.'s$ 800 million auto plant in Georgetown, Ky., came from Japan, for example, and Toyota spokesmen say that when the first cars roll off the assembly line this spring, 40% of the total value will be imported

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On the stage, looking tired from ceaseless concertizing at just about every summer festival there is, Vladimir Feltsman attacked his recital program with typical confidence and power

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For that, Dillard needs to study hard, retailing analysts and consultants say, because the small cities where Dillard has flourished aren't much of a training ground for the markets it wants to enter

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Given a choice between two such frail reeds, Western Europe, led by West Germany, is likely to grasp at the chimera of Soviet good will rather than risk relying on increasingly remote and dubious American protection

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If McDonnell Douglas can't land those orders this year, it risks losing its temporary lead over Boeing and missing out on perhaps hundreds of midrange aircraft orders in the long run

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They " may have a hard time grasping " that their offspring wasn't " somehow responsible.'

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Mr. Muth is president of Real Estate Advisors Inc., a Los Angeles investment management firm that agreed to lend Wespac as much as$ 1.5 million under the agreement

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A typist's fingers rest in indentations; moving a finger within an indentation " types " a character

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The latest truce in the week- old battle, which has killed 188 and injured 534, was arranged by Syrian President Assad and Iranian President Khamenei

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Every night at the Dukakis hotel, the Hyatt Regency, the New York and Washington reporters and the Dukakis people intermingled, drinking till three or four in the morning

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As usual, consumers will be stuck with the tab: higher prices and less choice

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Ms. Long clearly relishes the hands- on work of running a winery and overseeing the evolution of a vineyard planted to her specifications

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As the wiry Mr. Rios dances with a plump, middle- age woman, he yells in Spanish, " I' m legal now.'

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Knight- Ridder stumbled in one past push into information services

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But the judge's opinion said that the agitator for the vacuum cleaner " was melting " and " making a loud noise, the foot pedal handle release was breaking and the vacuums were not equipped with a steel- encased motor as had been advertised to the trade, but rather with a less desirable and less reliable " motor

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Thus, Airbus's proposed cargo sleepers -- ordinary metal freight containers outfitted with beds that would ride in the belly of the plane -- are being studied by carriers such as Lufthansa German Airlines, but only for its crew

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Emulating Japan's broad- based conglomerates, Samsung Electronics Co. will officially absorb Samsung Semiconductor& Telecommunications Co

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Mr. Andrews ate rancid mutton fat and drank mare's milk in the Gobi with the best and worst of them

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The lawmaker suggested that Thiokol might be trying to kill the advanced- rocket program to ensure that the current rocket is used even longer

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" Suddenly with Monday, they not only had to do an enormous amount of selling, they had an enormous holdover, and the front- runners just ate them alive, " said Mr. Kirby

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Russians planted the first trees in 1805 near the eastern Aleutian village of Unalaska; a few survive and enjoy National Historic Landmark status

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And as it does, the importance of the " farm issue " in next month's Iowa caucuses is melting away like snow in a January thaw

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When the U.S. expanded its gulf fleet a year ago to protect Kuwaiti tankers flying the U.S. flag, it left little doubt that it was siding with Iraq and the other Arab nations against Iran

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The point of view of the economist here misses the essential by being too technical, namely that the values associated with a free- market economy can be destroyed by the tax system

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Though they may fill some of the same military needs, the missiles are quite different from any arms the Saudis have sought from the U.S

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Our view is that the Russians and Cubans figured this out some time ago, which is why, despite Mr. Reagan's occasional speeches, they never hesitated to pour advisers and war materiel by the ton into Nicaragua

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Yet U.S. trade with and corporate activity in Panama continues, as do most flows from non- U.S. sources

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It rained hard Saturday night along the Gulf Coast, and on Sunday morning the infield at McKechnie Field here was so wet that grounds crewmen were using plastic bottles to scoop up the standing water

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The plant, situated amid the rolling Bavarian countryside, lies on a specially constructed foundation to minimize vibration in the fabricating rooms

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The fires, Ford said, could be caused by a nylon wiring shield that could melt and drip onto the engine's hot exhaust manifold, " resulting in an engine compartment fire.'

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However, new- crop beans -- to be planted this spring -- were up on continued expectations that this year's planted acreage won't exceed last year's by much, analysts said

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It's not as though the prodnoses care whether people die of lung cancer

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New Year's Day, after an afternoon of eating my mother- in- law's chicken, I weigh in at 175 pounds

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And in a withering critique of Wall Street's performance, the report shows that key participants -- including some major firms, stock exchange specialists and portfolio insurers -- not only failed to stem the chaos, but helped make it worse

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While the 17 male supers who play guards and courtiers cool our heels, we are shoehorned into a room 15 feet square, reading newspapers and exchanging small talk

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GE has poured more than$ 200 million into designing better turbine parts

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Beyond that, conditions on board were so vile that " the sailor was at greater risk eating his meals aboard than fighting.'

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But the suit says such rights " evaporate " with the sale of his holding

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" It takes time to move them through the training and to get them ready to fly.'

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The pension agency, which had briefly absorbed LTV's$ 2 billion pension shortfall, subsequently returned responsibility for the plans to the steelmaker

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Also, Charles L. Magee, formerly deputy general counsel, was named vice president, general counsel and secretary, filling vacancies created when Richard Stewart resigned to pursue private law practice

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Perhaps hoping to keep the newcomers out, Pan Am and British Air applied to fly on each other's German routes

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The FBI immediately lent Mr. Pelleu$ 3, 800, and arranged to tape several phone conversations he had with Mr. Sanders about the ring

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In the weeks that followed, South Korean television sets, Taiwanese cassette players and imported clothes flooded shop windows -- apparently the harvest of a new policy that allows businessmen to import goods with foreign currency held abroad

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The explanation seems to be that Mr. Linh, though born in the north, spent most of his life in the south, where capitalism flourished until the Communists took over in 1975

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Richard DeVane, president of the company's fossil systems business, said it appears that oxygen in the fresh air combined with either sulfur, zinc or chloride to produce an oxide that ate away the boiler wall's iron- oxide protective coating

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It seems that Mr. Jackson escapes the media's searching questions of experience, public policy and character that other candidates are subjected to because of the delicate racial issue

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The date would give two breweries, which now produce beer for export only, time to step up production, the bill said

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Lawn mowers on display ranged from a$ 5, 000 riding version with four- wheel steering from Swedish maker Husqvarna to a humble$ 69 push mower made by American Lawn Mowers of Shelbyville, Ind

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