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...nuclear weapons by the year 2000. The tentative U.S. reply, which must still be reviewed with U.S. allies before being presented at the Geneva arms-control talks, embraces Moscow's plan to eliminate U.S. and Soviet missiles from Europe but rejects the Soviet proposal that Britain and France halt any upgrading of their nuclear arsenals. It calls for a 50% cut in the Soviet intermediate-range missile force in Asia...
...ordinance limits the number of "community residences"--both emergency and longer-term housing--to one per 5000 residents in a given area of Cambridge. In August, the city went so far as to halt the establishment of a shelter in Central Square, because that area of Cambridge, which is home to 13,500 people, already has six residences. In fact, largely because of this law, no new shelters have opened in Cambridge since...
That frenzy of togetherness was an indication of growing dismay among many of the world's major oil-producing countries, as they seem unable to halt a major price war that has dramatically depressed the value of their most important product. The war, caused by a surplus of some 2 million bbl. of crude oil a day flooding onto world markets, showed no signs of abating last week. The spot price of oil, which two weeks ago fell through the $20-per-bbl. barrier for the first time in seven years, closed last week at about...
...Federal Reserve Board moved to halt such interstate branching by expanding the definition of a bank to include the non-bank banks. The action was challenged in court by Dimension Financial Corp. of Kansas, which plans to set up limited-service banks in 25 states. The U.S. Supreme Court last week decided the case in Dimension's favor, ruling 8 to 0 that only Congress has the authority to change the rules of the game...
...move considered crucial to the future of his government, President Jose Napoleon Duarte last week announced a long-awaited plan to strengthen El Salvador's economy. He told the country, in a televised speech and press conference, that the program creates a "war economy" designed to halt the "gangrene" that has afflicted El Salvador, which now has 45% unemployment and 40% annual inflation...