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...counter the setbacks, Collor strives to keep his personal popularity high with feats of derring-do. On weekends he can be spotted practicing karate (he has a black belt), riding his motorcycle or piloting an ultra-light aircraft. The son of a wealthy, political family, he makes no attempt to hide his affluence, favoring custom-tailored European suits and fancy watches...
...aircraft carrier Independence and a six-ship battle group had been given high-speed authority to head toward the region from the Indian Ocean but were several days from reaching a "striking distance" position outside the Persian Gulf, Pentagon sources said...
Among U.S. defense contractors, few would seem better structured to survive the end of the cold war than the giant St. Louis-based McDonnell Douglas (1989 revenues: $14.6 billion). The company's civilian subsidiary, Douglas Aircraft, is the second biggest manufacturer of U.S. commercial passenger jets after Boeing, with 12% of the world market and an unprecedented backlog of nearly 1,200 orders and options on its books...
...orders for the Navy's T-45 Goshawk trainer have been cut back. The company is also teamed with other aerospace companies in several programs that face uncertain futures. Examples: the B-2 Stealth bomber, the Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter, the Navy's A-12 Advanced Tactical Aircraft and NASA's Space Station...
Better coordination is also needed. Last year army troops were closing in on cartel chieftain Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha when an A-37 air force reconnaissance jet buzzed overhead. The aircraft was on an unrelated mission, but it alerted Rodriguez Gacha to the military's presence, and he escaped. And the explosion of narcoterrorism has diverted manpower: half of DAS's 3,000 agents guard politicians and judges whose lives are at risk...