Commentary

AFRICA'S GABON HAS BRIGHT FUTURE

HOWARD SCHISSEL

Gabon is a rare exception in Africa. On a continent where most economies are in severe crisis and t

GEARING UP FOR A NEW TRADE BILL

H. ERICH HEINEMANN

The White House appears finally to have recognized that it must take affirmative action to block wha

BRUCE BARNARD

West Germany is moving into the final stages of a deadly dull election campaign with Chancellor Helm

CATASTROPHIC DILEMMA

WHEN A COMB LOSES some of its teeth it is still recognizable as a comb but hardly functional. There

DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE

LEE IACOCCA would like to keep on producing the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon, the two cars that h

S. AFRICAN EMIGRATION CLIMBS

TONY KOENDERMAN

When white residents of Johannesburg's affluent northern suburbs entertain friends at dinner or meet

MERGER LITIGATION COSTS TOO HIGH?

E. THOMAS SULLIVAN

The antitrust division of the Department of Justice has become an economic regulator of mergers. Tha

IT CAN BE A HAPPY NEW YEAR

STANFORD ERICKSON

What will the new year bring for the United States economy? I think it can be one of the more critic

AN OPPORTUNITY LOST

IT IS NO REFLECTION on Michel Camdessus, the able French central banker elected to succeed Jacques d

THE RAZOR'S EDGE

WOMEN'S SKIRT LENGTH, as you probably know, has long been viewed as an economic indicator: Short ski

ON IMPROVING EAST-WEST SECURITY

JOHN STARRELS

The time is ripe for a serious discussion between East and West on improved security arrangements be

ROUND THE WORLD WITH THURBER

JAMES NOLAN

Jack (Pal) Smurch flew 25,000 miles around the world non-stop in 1937. He towed floating gas tanks b

JAPAN'S PROMISES WEARING THIN

A.E. CULLISON

"Anyway," said my Tokyo taxi driver, "you've got to admire his nerve." He was talking about Prime Mi

REAGAN'S LEGACY

WE LIKE TO THINK that historians will remember Ronald Reagan for his economic legacy as much as for

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