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Within the next few weeks, the House is likely to approve further restrictions on the granting of mo

For most of us, growing older isn't an experience we notice. From one day to the next, we feel no m

PROPOSALS BY AMERICANS TO SAVE Latin America from itself go back two centuries. All of them have end

The Bush administration is reported to be considering a tax on the sale of securities as a way to re

GAMBLING NORMALLY IS NOT RECOMMENDED as a corporate strategy. But the slot machine at major airports

There is something fishy about U.S. claims in the Structural Impediments Initiative talks that its

FOR THE THIRD TIME in five years, the Senate has bowed to the textile barons and approved a highly

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S crop insurance program may be headed toward a well- deserved end. T

For many decades, the United States was the world's biggest creditor. It was only during the 1980s,

The article, "Fine Print Threatens Exports," by Gilbert E. Dwyer, published on this page July 19, mi

I really would like to see photographs of deepest space some day from the Hubble space telescope. Wh

CREDIT LIFE INSURANCE CAN BE BENEFICIALLast month, the National Insurance Consumer Organizat

Picture this: The federal government learns that several of America's most powerful economic rivals

WAS P.T. BARNUM RIGHT? According to a report released last week by the North American Securities Adm

THE LONG ARM of the Internal Revenue Service may reach as far as Tokyo, Bonn and London in a new dri

Rep. Tom McMillen, D-Md., may be experiencing a little deja vu. The former professional bask

The workplace pipelines are loaded with women. So are the alumni rosters of top law and business sch

IF YOU COULD BUY SUGAR with no restrictions, you'd pay about 12 cents a pound. American sugar users

THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN PUSHING, and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan finally seems re

The Communist Party victory in the June 10 Bulgarian elections came as no surprise to many observers

In a dramatic turnaround, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan announced that he would consider e

GASOLINE TAX HIKE IS INEQUITABLEYour editorial, "The Truth About Taxes" (June 29), claims an

The topic of economic aid to the Soviet Union was a hot tamale on the platter of Western leaders at

SALES GIMMICKS AIMED AT JACKING up prices never are much fun for customers - but a customer is alway

NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT VIOLETA CHAMORRO really had no choice but to bargain with Sandinista strikers

U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills is right on target when she charges that the real victim of un

Prior to the economic summit, Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu raised hopes that Japan was ready to cons

For George Bush, the economic summit has been an interesting test of the limits of his highly perso

Economics always seems so heartless. The objection usually is the same: When human needs and human l

SIX CHINESE MAYORS have come calling on U.S. local government and business leaders. The group, led b

In reaction to an improbable sequence of ship groundings on the Florida Reef Tract last October and

As China's leaders enter the 1990s, they face a dilemma: their top priorities are to keep a lid on

RACKETEERING LAWS GIVE the government a potent weapon to fight underworld kingpins. But the 20-year-

With angry, nationalistic statements poisoning the Japan-U.S. relationship, we need a council of fai

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES are one of the most corrupting forces in American politics. While corpor

The search for additional revenue to cut the federal budget deficit has led to the question of incre

CARRIERS CAN'T BLOCK NEW AIRPORT GATESThere were two flaws in your "Fortress Hubs" editorial

The recently enacted savings and loan bailout legislation mandates that the secretary of the treasur

A HANDFUL OF AMERICANS who operate grain-carrying ships are working right now to secure some foreign

''THEY DIDN'T COME TO THE PARTY," the congressional Democratic Study Group concluded last month. "Do