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...Palma meeting seemed to uncover a craving in almost every sector of Salvadoran society for an end to the bloodshed. Evelio Sorto, a teacher displaced by the war from his home in the northern department of Morazán, was among the crowd that trekked to La Palma. "If this opportunity is lost, we may never have another," he observed. Said Oscar Martínez, a local peasant: "This is a beautiful country, but the war is destroying it. I hope the leaders can forget their differences and think about what they are doing to El Salvador...
Deng is determined to change all that. Just last week, the authoritative Economic Daily announced that the number of commodities subject to planned output targets would be slashed from 120 to 60 in the industrial economy, and from 29 to ten in the agricultural sector. Thus many more goods can now fluctuate according to the law of supply and demand. Until this month, state-owned factories were forced to hand over all their profits to the state. Now the plants simply pay a progressive tax on profits and then use the remainder for incentive and welfare schemes or direct reinvestment...
...business, law, finance, or computer technology? Do you enjoy research in the sciences? Do you like to plan, direct, and evaluate programs? Do you want your work to have the added dimension of contributing to the welfare of others through a career in either the private or the public sector? If any of these questions apply to you, keep health administration in mind as you investigate options and opportunities for work and a future career...
...patriotism for the increase in military enlistment. In our area, high school graduates who cannot afford the increasing cost of a college education have two options: a minimum-wage job or military service. Military service provides better pay, as well as benefits that cannot be found in the private sector...
These seminars, one week to three months long, will this year train more than 500 executives from all levels of government and the private sector, up from 400 last year...