Commentary

Two factors will drive the transportation industry in 1998. Relentless market pressure will continue

If you've got the post-Christmas-tapped-out-credit-card blues, consider the plight of the U.S. Army,

Opening borders to trade and investment can increase wealth and prosperity for the Americas, but fre

Those who have ridden the roller coaster of Mexican financial markets over the years, with long peri

Over the past decade, airlines have tightened their safety procedures by asking passengers to keep t

The politicians in Washington face two grave risks in the coming year: midterm elections and the rea

The signs are everywhere, in placid paddy fields and downtown Rangoon, red billboards screaming: ''O

For millions of people around the globe, three words say it all: ''the American dream.'' It's a powe

With its long reprehensible history, New Year's was never that great a holiday to begin with. From i

In April 1947, delegates from the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America traveled to Geneva.

Acute aversion to imports, once confined to Japan, is spreading into Russia. Imports are causing a r

Forget about the big bang. On Friday, Europe begins its big ring, one of the most significant events

Roman Catholic Church sources claim the Cuban government's softer line toward believers was prompted

I don't often think about horses, except, of course, when picking my way carefully around Central Pa

Pragmatism. Flexibility. An absence of ideology. These are the hallmarks of Slovenia, a country that

Employers in 1998 could find themselves embroiled in issues stemming from same-sex sexual harassment

On Brussels' medieval Grand Place, curious shopkeepers peered into the tiny car's open hood. In Zuri

The U.S. Border Patrol is quietly exploring the use of military satellites and reconnaissance planes

Technologies that flowed from the minds of Britain's independent inventors began the Industrial Revo

Pressure on China to adopt trading practices similar to those of advanced Western economies is inten

When the Washington bureau chief of a large newspaper chain says the most important news of 1997 was

Arelentless drive to succeed and an ability to ignore or overcome obstacles have been keys to Micros

Time, we are told, heals all wounds. In the Middle East, despite repeated wars and long-standing gri

The Kyoto, Japan, conference on global climate change has focused attention on the future costs and

Is the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shipbuilding agreement dead? Not yet, b

Giving is an important holiday tradition. Like many activities, however, it is best done in moderati

Reverberations over the British government's treatment of foreign journalists are growing, amid conc

It's assumed, backed by data, that states near borders or the sea are best positioned to trade with

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The financial turmoil in East Asia has created a lot of confusion among economists regarding its imp

After 30 years, Christmas in Cuba is back, restored by presidential decree.No official Chris

Last week, President Ernesto Zedillo surprised the international community by announcing that Treasu

U.S. insurance companies are following their British counterparts by excluding millennium bomb cover

Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz is politically savvy, and probably right, when he says his count

The European Parliament is not held in high esteem by those it claims to represent. A legislature th

In Alfred Uhry's Broadway hit, ''The Last Night of Ballyhoo,'' the daughter of a Southern Jewish fam

In August 1997, a federal official supervising the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union

The buzz about electronic commerce is that it's the wave of the future for state and local governmen

PLASTICS RECYCLINGIS A GROWING BUSINESSYour recent opinion piece by Richard Denison (''Plast

The signing last week of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development convention crimin