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...officials running the camp were trying to give the refugees-and as swiftly as possible. But the sheer magnitude of the task, plus some inexcusable lack of coordination, slowed the process to a maddening crawl for people who had expected to be quickly reunited with their families on American soil. The result was yet another frustrating incident in the long chain of false starts and policy shifts that have marked the U.S. treatment of the Cubans...
...Reagan has stated that one of his first items of business will be to deploy the neutron bomb in Western Europe, but the West Germans and other NATO allies have already put the U.S. on notice that they will permit the upgrading of U.S. nuclear weapons on their soil only if Washington remains committed to détente and to the ratification of SALT...
...refugees who have landed on U.S. soil in the past two months have been resettled, but the pace promises to wind on just as slowly as in the past. "We're going to do something about the delays," said an Army colonel through a bullhorn last week at Eglin. "We ask your patience just a little while longer." The refugees feel they know otherwise. A sign on one of their tents sums up their anxiety. QUEREMOS SALIDA, reads the scrawled message. WE WANT...
...forward to in terms of a stable kind of life. A major problem is that we have a very turbulent Army today because of U.S. overseas commitments. Personnel are constantly being transferred. In comparison, the West German army is tremendously stable. Its troops are all stationed on their own soil and in units closest to where they live...
Though volcanoes can kill - eruptions have cost more than 100,000 lives in the past two centuries - they have a kindlier side as well. Some of the world's most fertile soil, like that on the Indonesian island of Java, has been created by lava and ash from volcanoes. The crystalline material, mostly silicates, is often rich ash only calcium and a variety of other elements. The lava and ash not only help the soil retain moisture but they weather rapidly and usually release valuable nutrients. Volcanic debris can also be used commercially as cement additives, as ingredients...