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...that he has become a law unto himself. They claim he has shrewdly manipulated fears of a Sandinista invasion in order to consolidate his own power. Some Hondurans also worry that U.S.-trained and -equipped Salvadoran troops could one day turn on Honduras to settle border conflicts that helped trigger a war between the two countries in 1969. Says Efraín Díaz Arrivillaga, the sole Christian Democratic deputy in the 82-member Honduran Congress: "The U.S. emphasis on giving money to the military weakens already weak civilian institutions...
...presidential bandwagons that we can best direct their tack. The message that these hopefuls must take to heart is not simply that our current elected representatives are heinous. Rather, they must recognize that the economic problems now affecting the country are more deeply rooted than traditional slogans and trigger responses can handle. Responsible leaders must consider it their task to direct money and brain power toward a more centralized economic coordination system--one which will aid growing business, ease the transition for dying ones, and guarantee productive and protected employment for everyone who desires...
...reductions. Three weeks ago, he sent two letters to Congress, promising to adhere to the commission's blueprint, including its recommendation that the U.S. proposal at the START talks in Geneva encourage a shift to smaller single-warhead missiles, which are considered less likely to provoke a hair-trigger showdown. Also included in the letters was a commitment to establish a permanent bipartisan advisory panel on arms control. The President further promised to incorporate into the START negotiations a congressional proposal: the so-called build-down, which would require that old warheads be destroyed as new ones are deployed...
...Latin America could be particularly dangerous. Two of the biggest apparel exporters, Mexico and Argentina, owe U.S. banks nearly $35 billion. "If we protect our markets against their goods," says Harvard Economics Professor Richard Cooper, "Latin American countries would have an excuse to repudiate their debts." That could trigger a worldwide banking crisis...
Gutman's $15,000 system has had only a few false alarms, when metal objects such as keys, umbrellas and rivets from designer jeans trigger the system...