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TRUCKING. Since passage in 1980 of legislation that made it easier to get into the trucking business, the number of interstate carriers has jumped 70%, to 30,717. Because of the new competition, the average price of shipping a truckload of freight is 25% to 30% lower than it was...
The congressional malaise was most evident in the failure of the House to pass even a three-year tax increase of a mere $8 billion. It would have been a token move toward meeting a three-year goal, set by Congress itself last June, of raising $73 billion in new...
Crown Prince Hassan praised the Reagan initiative of last year but criticized the U.S. for "not accompanying the plan with a coherent peace strategy." He urged the U.S. to "squeeze us all a little in the interest of peace" and added that the problem of Palestine, the "root cause" of...
Apple, meanwhile, has been chastened by its struggle against the PC. The California company's 17% market share for personal computers is down from the 28.9% it commanded in 1981 when IBM entered the market. Now Apple is scrambling to recover. "IBM has forced us to squeeze three years...
ALL OF THIS leads back to King, who receives significant amounts of financial aid, manages to squeeze in a job babysitting for her Expos teacher, and even comps for The Crimson while balancing a full course load. The admissions office could ask for no more. Even King's roommates epitomize...