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...Believe me, we'll have those thesis pages leaping out of your typewriter." She spoke with a sergeant's authority. "Boom, boom, boom, first draft, second draft, third draft, completed by Christmas. Your little treatise will sparkle...
...hundred years" has finally awakened. In a mere five years, a Mexico tottering on the verge of bankruptcy has lifted itself from the brink of financial ruin, proclaimed itself a "regional power" and publicly crossed swords with Uncle Sam on the issue of El Salvador. Bust has turned to boom, and Mexico is now building its tallest buildings, making its first military purchases in years, and even considering an ambitious nuclear-power program. One government publication proudly proclaims that Mexico "is no longer a sleepy, south-of-the-border neighbor." In fact, everyone in Mexico City today seems...
...peasants who live in Mexico's southeast are the Mexicans closest to their nation's oil wealth, yet least likely to receive a share of it. Those living outside Coatzacoalcos, an oil boom town, complain bitterly about the arrogance of PEMEX, which can unilaterally expropriate their land. They say that the sulfur in the air corrodes the tin roofs of their shacks, and that their cows have died from drinking contaminated water. The land has become less fertile, with crop yields declining by as much as 30 per cent...
...fast, an artist who can devise dazzling combinations for every contingency; and Hearns the slugger, a tall (6 ft. 1 in., vs. Leonard's 5 ft. 10 in.) and haughty hitter who uses a preternatural 78-in. reach to keep trouble at bay until he can lower the boom. Each man had earned a welterweight (141 to 147 Ibs.) championship belt: Leonard from the World Boxing Council (WBC), Hearns from the World Boxing Association (WBA). So when it was over, halfway through the 14th round at the special 25,000-seat arena constructed on the grounds of Caesars Palace...
...Federal Reserve, which controls the growth of money, has not let credit grow faster to pay for those deficits, so the Government's borrowing demands are pushing up interest rates. The result is the current staggering levels, which threaten to choke off the private investment boom that the tax cut is supposed to bring about. Says Oklahoma Democrat Jim Jones, chairman of the House Budget Committee: "My fear is that the program now put in place by the Administration is the equivalent of stepping hard on the gas at the same time as you slam on the brakes...