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...have been 17 years old when the Civil War began. Then too, there are the people who saw Glenn's first flight who either will or won't be here for the second. Khrushchev, Kennedy, Johnson, Mao Zedong--all towering figures in 1962, all dust now. Castro--communism's beachhead in the West then, old and isolated now. Queen Elizabeth--young and remote monarch then, old and remote monarch...
...locals has reached 14.2%. The labor market is so skewed that in 1995 the government had to issue a directive forbidding Saipan's welfare recipients to hire foreign workers as maids. And in establishing the commonwealth, the U.S. Congress certainly did not foresee communist China's establishing an economic beachhead on American territory...
...worse than Kennedy's private infidelities was his public policy. He failed to support fully the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and allowed Fidel Castro to establish a beachhead for communism in the western hemisphere. Kennedy did not act effectively when the Berlin Wall was erected, profoundly affecting the NATO alliance, and he increased U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The consequences of his misguided policies plagued the U.S. long after his brief, disastrous presidency. RICHARD BLAUW South Holland...
...well as a seemingly bottomless purse, hiring big stars like Sawyer, Chris Wallace and David Brinkley away from other networks. But he also proved to be a fierce and innovative advocate for hard news. During the Iran hostage crisis, he created Nightline, establishing a fresh beachhead for news in late night. In prime time he launched 20/20 and PrimeTime Live, each of which got off to a rocky start but was nurtured to success. He beefed up ABC's corps of producers and reporters; stabilized the skittery evening newscast and made it the highest rated on TV; and across...
...systems like the 401(k) plan common in the U.S. Managing such plans in the U.S. has given Fidelity access to some $120 billion and provided the means for it to ascend to the top tiers of finance. The biggest target for expansion is Britain, where Fidelity established a beachhead in the summer of 1995. It now manages $170 million in assets there; by 2010, Fidelity group president Robert Reynolds predicts, funds in Europe, including Britain, will roughly equal those in the current U.S. market. The prerequisite, of course, is a sweeping financial deregulation to allow the growth of direct...