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...energy costs, Third World and East European countries are asking for Venezuelan oil on credit or at a discount. The more poverty grows in Latin America and the Caribbean, the more Venezuela must worry about illegal immigration, cross- border crime and political instability in the region. Should high prices trigger a full-scale recession in the U.S., there will be fewer buyers for Venezuelan exports, higher interest on outstanding debt and less American capital to help underwrite expansion...
...other words, Rhodes is drawn to balancing acts at the edge of despair, above what he calls "a hole in the world." His was blasted open in 1938 when his mother put a 12-gauge shotgun in her mouth and pushed the trigger with a slat...
...coronary bypass operations. An additional 190,000 cardiac patients every year undergo angioplasty, which usually involves the use of a balloon-tipped catheter to widen their arterial passages. Both operations provide immediate, dramatic relief for the cardiac patient. But there are some risks: in rare cases, either technique can trigger a heart attack. Then, too, relief is only temporary. Five years or so after bypass surgery, on average, plaque has built up in the grafted veins. And arteries opened by angioplasty sometimes become partly blocked again within three to six months. Finally, the price tags are staggering: about...
...August. At these price levels, the heating-oil bill for the average Northeast homeowner could rise 50% this winter, to an estimated $1,200. The most immediate threat is an outbreak of war in the Persian Gulf, which could send oil prices into the $50-per-bbl. range and trigger double- digit inflation...
...years ago, the Midwestern rift stopped growing. The New Madrid fault today simply marks a weak spot in the thick midcontinental crust, which periodically ruptures under the pressure exerted by the migrating North American plate. It could take 500 to 1,000 years for enough force to accumulate to trigger a really big quake...