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...most violent countries on earth, with a murder rate six times that of the U.S.'s. Moreover, some A.N.C. officials have been accused of corruption. Wary foreign investors say that while South Africa has an excellent infrastructure and a sophisticated banking system, its work force -- at least compared with Asia's-is undereducated, overpaid and too politicized...
Besides the fact that it is surrounded on foursides by areas of questionable safety, the SouthEnd boasts the highest doggie-doo per sidewalkarea ratio of any other neighborhood in the city.While the numerous trendy restaurants are fun tolook at, the hero of the studentbudget-McDonald's-is nowhere to be seen. Evenworse, the whole area is only marginallyaccessible by T and on the orange line (Yuck...
Another urgent need-which is as much the Europeans' responsibility as the U.S.'s-is an all-out, sustained buildup in conventional forces. The Western democracies will probably never be able to match the Soviet bloc in conscripted military, but by substantially narrowing the gap, NATO might some day be able to deter the armored legions of the Warsaw Pact without having to rely quite so much on the threat of using the nuclear equalizer. With the viability of nuclear deterrence against nonnuclear aggression already in doubt, the less that concept is belabored, the better...
Chicago's economy-like the nation's-is in a slump, and Byrne can do little to ease it. Moreover, she cannot get the state legislature to say yes to almost any desire, as her late mentor could, and there is a residual hostility from remnants of Daley's political machine. Most worrisome of all, Byrne has a ready, if unannounced, opponent in the 1983 election: Cook County State's Attorney Richard M. Daley, 39, son of the founder of the very political empire to which Jane Byrne has laid claim...
...tough North Korean army-80,-000 stronger than South Korea's-is deployed behind the entire 151-mile Demilitarized Zone, just 30 miles north of Seoul...