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...come at the expense of the much larger GM, which has been slow to respond to changing consumer tastes. In 1984 GM owned a 46% share of the U.S. passenger-car market, compared with Ford's 19%. At last count, GM had dropped to 37%, while Ford had risen to capture 22% of the $130 billion-a-year domestic market. Chrysler is chugging along with 12% of U.S. sales, in contrast...
...Harvard, where talent is not always widely recognized for its true worth, Khalil's list of accomplishments only partially accounts for her mystique. In her four years at Harvard, she has chaired the Adams House Committee, served on the Undergraduate Council for two years, risen to the ranks of officer in the Hasty Pudding Club, and founded the Arab Students Association and the Arab-Jewish Dialogue. And all the while, Khalil, who accepted sophomore standing upon entering Harvard, has earned not only an honors B.A. in Government, but also a masters in Middle Eastern Studies...
...number of would-be law students who had high grades in college and top scores on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) has risen disproportionately, making the applicant pool especially strong and competitive, some officials...
...spite of her academic achievements, many of Raisa's fellow citizens perceive her as having risen to prominence not so much through merit as through marriage, something of a throwback in an egalitarian society like the Soviet Union. "Raisa Maximovna ought to be more modest," says a young village woman. "If we knew she was a help to her husband on these trips and didn't just go along to enjoy herself, our whole impression of her would be different." Adds Luda Yevsukova, a Soviet emigre in Washington: "She's a normal woman who married well. She gets nice clothes...
...rustlers have probably been gone for weeks before the loss is discovered. In California 1,773 head of cattle were reported missing in 1987, but state officials estimate the actual loss to have been about 6,200 animals, worth about $2.5 million. Since the price of cattle has risen sharply, from $429 for a 650-lb. yearling feeder steer at the beginning of 1987 to a near record $543 today, ranchers and law-enforcement officials are bracing for more and more thefts on the range...