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Rookie Republican Governor Bob Martinez hoped to finance the future with a 5% tax on the services industry, Florida's largest and fastest-growing sector of the economy. The tax, which became law last July, affected services from pet grooming to lawyers' fees. It was expected to produce $800 million in the first year and provide a solution to the state's need for money...
Stores were shut yesterday in Gaza City and in the Arab sector of Jerusalem in observance of a general strike that began Sunday...
...Iranians have been massing troops in the southern sector of the war front for weeks and have vowed to unleash "punishing blows" again Iraq...
...beyond any legitimate defense needs. The Soviet military already is beginning deployment of newer and more dangerous weapon systems: the Delta IV missile submarine, the Blackjack supersonic bomber, and the SS-25 mobile ICBM. Even if Gorbachev is sincere about his desire to devote resources spent on the military sector to the civilian economy, he has not been able to control or convince his military...
Although the strike was started by public-sector workers, many employees in private industry joined the protest to express their own dissatisfaction. Even Italians who were not union members expressed sympathy with the walkout. Said Enzo Montarulli, a Rome fashion designer: "The workers have turned the country into chaos with the strikes, but they're right. Too many things don't work...