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...capital. The advantage of this new "line in the sand" is that it is situated at the limit of the Libyans' air range. As a further indication of its determination, France appointed Brigadier General Jean Poli, 54, a career paratrooper with combat experience in Africa, to assume command of its forces in Chad...
Sometimes the moment of command is unforgettable, its recollection stirring. Lyndon Johnson told and retold the story of standing in the White House situation room and ordering Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to send the Sixth Fleet toward the warring Middle East in 1967 to protect American interests. During such retellings, Johnson acted as if he could feel the great hulls shudder and begin to wheel around after he spoke a few quiet words. Oh what a lovely...
Though low-cost Chinese textile exports command less than 1% of the $100 billion U.S. market, they have grown at an average rate of 70% annually for the past three years. Among foreign textile suppliers to the U.S., China now trails only Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea. Prodded by the U.S. Government, the top three agreed to set a limit of 1.5% to 2% on the growth of their exports this year. The U.S. was willing to allow the Chinese an increase of slightly more than 2%, but Peking demanded 6%. When negotiations collapsed in January, the U.S. imposed...
...Stanford, Carnegie-Mellon and Scotland's University of Edinburgh have introduced word processing, video games, time sharing, robot control and advanced missile-guidance systems. Lately, AI research has concentrated on building systems that can mimic the brain work of skilled experts in such fields as oil exploration, battlefield command and computer design itself. Now Japan has made it a national goal to take its place within ten years among the world leaders in the emerging knowledge industry. "We no longer need chase the more developed countries," a consortium of Japanese computer manufacturers and scholars declared...
...cities as Osaka, Nagoya and Kyoto. There is a booming recital scene, featuring both native artists and foreign performers who come to Japan attracted by the high fees and attentive, respectful audiences. Music schools turn out string players and pianists who are the equal of any in their technical command and knowledge of the repertory...