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Thornburgh governed his state through one ofthe toughest economic periods in its history. Hardhit by economic recession and the decline of itssmokestack industries in coal and steel,Pennsylvania's unemployment rate reached seventhhighest in the nation when he took office...
...engineer of commuter train No. 153951 peered down the tracks of Paris' Gare de Lyon and screamed in horror: another train was bearing down on him at high speed. Seconds later, the runaway train rammed 153951 at more than 50 m.p.h., turning it into a maze of shredded steel. The collision last week was the worst rail accident in Paris history and one of the worst ever in France. The toll: 56 dead and 13 seriously injured...
...look at the demographics and economicsyears in advance," the dean says. "Now we aretrying to recruit in the Mid-West and in theSouthwest, but that's difficult because eventhough the number of eligible 18-year-olds isstill high, the economy in the Mid-West with theauto and steel companies is bad, which makes ithard to finance an education, and in the Southwestthere are so many strong state schools, and thereseems to be a tradition of staying near the statefor college...
...late-night viewing goes, it was startling fare. Just after 1 a.m., Haitian television screens were suddenly filled with the image of Lieut. General Henri Namphy, wearing a steel helmet and flanked by soldiers. "Everybody is now in the army because it is this army that is going to lead this country," he shouted, brandishing a submachine gun. Namphy, speaking live from Haiti's National Palace, was pronouncing himself President of a new military government. Hours earlier, soldiers had driven up to the palace and fired bursts of gunfire into the air while Namphy seized control. Five miles away, other...
...never thought of herself as a trailblazer. But with five children to educate, the Kansas City, Kans., homemaker decided to get a job to save money. A high school graduate, Farrar went to work in 1972, once all the children were in school, as a bookkeeper for a local steel contractor. Before long, she was supervising fieldwork as well. In 1978, with just $500 in savings, she started her own steel-contracting firm, Systems Erectors. Result: her children are getting all the education they want. Farrar's company racked up $5 million in sales last year. Says she: "There...