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...Reagan board appointees have charged $244,097 in consulting fees and expenses this year, more than double the bill of any previous board. The White House has asked the Office of Management and Budget to check whether the consulting fees represent "extravagance" or "an increase in the work load...
Most ominous, the U.S. slump is only part of a worldwide pattern of malaise. In the European Community, more than 11 million people, or 10.3% of the work force, are unemployed. Developing nations from Africa and Asia to Latin America are staggering under a $626 billion foreign-debt load. A string of near defaults on loans to Mexico, Argentina and now Brazil (see box) has rocked the international monetary system...
...Lenny," the aging hippie continued, "came up here just to get stoned with me and help me load up sleds with toys. It's a prime location, here where I've set up my lab. Unfortunately, Lenny didn't realize that I stopped making toys ages ago--I've been outmoded in that area. At my lab I've been experimenting with new techniques...
...house that is firmly planted in the ground. Nice as their mobile home has been in the economic pinch, Janice Bronson, for one, would welcome the switch. Says she: "This one does not have a sense of permanence. For one thing, when I run a load of wash, I can't have a record playing; the whole house shakes...
...tips as long ago as March 1980 that Hetrick might have been flying coke from Colombia to a landing strip near Biloxi, Miss. Not until last May, however, did agents get more tangible reports that Hetrick was planning to use his Mojave hangar as a place to off-load coke and marijuana from incoming aircraft. He had even boasted about a Colombian coke connection, federal agents learned. They were also told that Hetrick was looking for a U.S. bank to convert his illegal profits into a legitimate savings account more easily. The DEA, Customs Service and FBI agreed...