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...most solid balancing act can come unbalanced. In such a zero-sum scenario, each hour spent with one's partner is an hour away from the books, and resentment builds. According to Princeton's Karen Tilbor, assistant Jean of student affairs, "ambivalence" about priorities is at the root of violence among college couples...
...textbook illustration of how not to conduct an investigation," said an angry Sam Nunn of Georgia, ranking Democrat on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. It "wasted a historic opportunity" to root out corruption and mismanagement, said the subcommittee's 190-page report, released last week. The object of those disparaging words is a fiveyear, $5 million investigation by the Labor Department of an enormous pension fund controlled by officials of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters-a union whose ties to organized crime have inspired a number of federal probes over the years and whose power, and powerful friends...
...real root of the problem is the country's overall economic crisis. With wages rising and exports falling, the country can hardly meet the payments on its $27 billion foreign debt to the West, much less pay for food imports. Agricultural production has also been reduced because Poland cannot afford to import parts for tractors and combines; last week 60,000 were idle...
...bean oil does not break down under high pressures and temperatures, so it is suited for demanding lubrication applications. Pennzoil and Tenneco are among the companies underwriting research on the use of jojoba as a machine lubricant. If that demand picks up, the new business could quickly take root...
...Part I, director Richard Donner couldn't quite figure out how to make the transition from rock 'em-sock 'em plot to a little self-deprecating dialogue or visual humor. Richard Lester masters this problem early on, and with good performances from his stars, gets you to root for the good guys at the same time that you laugh at them...