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Peter Hawthorne has spent 29 years in Africa and has covered everything from Kenya's Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s to the violent transition of Rhodesia into Zimbabwe. With Nairobi Reporter Alastair Matheson and Capetown's John Platter, the five have accumulated a total of 110 years' experience living and working in Africa...
...believe the Administration can avoid the deficit problem for another 18 months," said Thompson, who became the new chairman of the association at the meeting. "If we continue to borrow from the future to pay for the present, we risk destroying the present." Utah's Democratic Governor Scott Matheson, the outgoing chairman, declared, "If we're not willing to face up to more taxes-and make the decision soon-we can kiss the recovery goodbye." Massachusetts Democrat Michael Dukakis observed that Bush and Greenspan did not seem to be living "in the same economic world." Eleven Democratic Governors...
TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE Directed by John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller; Screenplays by John Landis, George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson and Josh Rogan...
...Wasatch and Uinta ranges have produced the worst flooding in the state's history, displacing more than 2,000 people and exacting some $200 million in damage. In response, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has mounted an extraordinary volunteer effort. Says Governor Scott M. Matheson: "The Mormon Church has the best grapevine in the world. One phone call to the church triggered the quickest network of activity I've ever seen. When you push the button, people come out in droves." Items...
...Mormon virtues of organization, self-reliance and unstinting community service to the test. So far, the mud is losing-without heavy involvement on the part of the Federal Government. Mormons disapprove of Government aid and prefer to deploy their resources to care for their own. Even though Governor Matheson has succeeded in getting ten Utah counties declared national disaster areas, the church will gently discourage its followers from applying for federal assistance. And the Mormon effort has been joined by volunteers from all religious backgrounds, creating some duplications of service. Mormons from Rexburg, Idaho, though eager to lend a hand...