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White, who is from a small town in North Carolina, spent weeks in Lake Providence observing everyday life and listening to the town's residents. "They have the fewest institutions of any Black Belt town I've ever been to," he says. "They have no social club, no public park or swimming pool, no nothing...
...with flaws in a high-tech baggage system that have led to a 10 month delay in the opening of Denver's new International Airport, the city's mayor has decided to build an ordinary conveyer belt system. The Mile High airport has been losing $1 million a day since May 15 because of the failed futuristic baggage system. The alternative conventional system will run up a tab of $50 million -- a quarter of the cost of the computerized system...
...will be built among these countries, probably the kind of relationship that exists in Europe, where there is positive cooperation in economics, science and so on. Russia must understand that its empire will never be restored and must encourage and support the building of the new independent states. A belt of democratic states around Russia will help Russia build its own democracy. Russia has to build this kind of society. Then it could have a good relationship with Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and others. Russia is in the best position of all of these countries to do this. One thing must...
...called, is not only a killer but a tyrant, an African-American Simon Legree, who turns Ruthie into a body servant. She shaves him, bathes him and cuts the calluses off his feet. When displeased -- which is often -- he beats her with the buckle end of a belt. The narrator was no angel either: she used drugs and traded sex for cash...
...most part, driving has become safer in recent years. The number of fatal crashes in the U.S. declined from 42,000 in 1988 to 35,000 in 1992, thanks to such measures as mandatory seat-belt use, an increase in the drinking age and a decrease in speed limits to 55 m.p.h. on many highways. But within that success story is a notable exception: unlicensed drivers. Hard to identify and hard to control, they have become a notorious, hard-core class of scofflaws who often stay on the streets until they cause someone harm. While many drunk drivers...