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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dreyfus has his work cut out for him -- and a compensation package geared to inspire success. On top of a reported salary of $785,000, Louis-Dreyfus will control stock options worth at least $3 million. That value will rise substantially if he does his job well. Earlier this month, Louis-Dreyfus pledged to boost the value of the company's shares, which have traded as high as $10.70, from their current price of $4 to at least $7.85 within three years. More than another increase in its global reach, that is the kind of growth figure that Saatchi & Saatchi...
...seven-month, $11 million Trans-Antarctica Expedition was conceived by wilderness lovers Will Steger, 45, a Minnesotan who earlier led a historic dogsled trek to the North Pole, and Jean-Louis Etienne, 43, a French physician. Their purpose was to draw attention to the increasingly endangered continent and to foster the international cooperation that can preserve it. The team, whose other members come from the Soviet Union, China, Japan and Britain, is conducting a variety of studies. Among them: recording ozone levels, air temperatures and wind speeds, and taking samples of snow that will be analyzed for pollutants...
Evidence hinting at such an eventuality is widespread. Economically, the country is barely functional. At least 43 million Soviets live below the official poverty level of 75 rubles a month ($1,500 annually) and some regions of the country have resorted to widespread rationing of even the most essential goods...
Congress, industry and consumer groups agree that something needs to be done to resuscitate the ailing agency. Young is a victim of the urge for change: last month Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan said he was transferring Young to a new post -- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health for Health Science and Environment -- effective this week. The position was created especially for Young, and is widely regarded as a demotion...
...declaration included a statement of support for Cristiani's seven-month- old government and a condemnation of the recent offensive launched by its leftist opponents, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front. Ortega's signature was particularly critical, since he has been accused of arming the F.M.L.N. In exchange, Ortega secured a clause urging the U.S. to halt its support of the Nicaraguan contras and to turn over all money earmarked for them to an international commission...