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Several nonaligned nations, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives, have been pressing the Reagan administration to ratify the existing treaties and proceed to negotiate a comprehensive treaty that would ban all nuclear tests, not just those larger than 150 kilotons.
In the Senate Commerce Committee, business lobbyists are pressing for legislation to limit liability for defective products. They face fierce opposition from consumer groups and personal-injury lawyers.
As the presidential commission continues its work, NASA's ambitious goal of launching 15 shuttle flights this year is bound to come under closer scrutiny. "There seems to have been a speedup policy at NASA," says Jerome Lederer, a former director of the space agency's office of manned flight...
Babangida's pro-human rights stand did not endear him to some elements of the military. In December, 14 dissident officers planned to overthrow the government. Their plot was uncovered, but it underlined the fragility of Babangida's regime. As army Chief of Staff, his confident, wisecracking style won him...
Anatoli Shcharansky, 38, is only one of an estimated 10,000 political prisoners in the U.S.S.R., but he has come to stand as a compelling symbol of Soviet repression. A Jewish computer specialist, Shcharansky graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1972, at a time when long...