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Reagan was steadfast on these two points. Said he: "We cannot back away on national defense without sending a message to the world that would be very unwise." As for the supply-side tax cut: "To abandon our tax policy now would be to give up the very fundamental thing that is required to expand our economy." He thus seemed to retract some of the flexibility suggested by Budget Director David Stockman in testimony to the House Budget Committee two days earlier. Stockman rejected proposals that the Pentagon budget could be cut by more than $20 billion, but he gave...
Besides those killed or forced to abandon their homes, 160 Miskitos were jailed in the coastal town of Puerto Cabezas and 71 were found guilty of counterrevolutionary activity. Early in February the northern part of the department of Zelaya was declared a "military security zone." Even so, the Managua government still has cause for concern. A small but growing number of Miskito refugees who have escaped into Honduras are arming for revenge...
Huntington's argument, in this light, reduces itself to a defense of America in relative terms. "American political institutions are more open, liberal, and democratic than those of any other major society now or in the past. If Americans ever abandon or destroy these institutions, they are likely to do so in the name of their liberal democratic ideals. "Our country, in other words, does not live up to its creed. And cannot be reformed to ever live up to its creed. But an attempt to meet those noble goals might well destroy the nation that comes closest to meeting...
...from productive areas like research to its legal department and the years the company set back cautiously watching the government's actions helped allow substantial foreign competition to gain a foothold in one of America's most important export industries. Not till several years ago did the computer manufacturer abandon its careful stance and convinced it would win the case, plunge back into the fight by introducing new product lines and cutting prices. The Reagan Administration's courage in dropping a case that has dragged harmfully on through both Republican and Democratic administrations, should be applauded...
...years in charge of the University had never seen so many insubordinate actions as in the preceeding four years. Nor was it a surprise to the class itself, bitterly divided into two factions--the majority, which consistently ignored the rules of college decorum with more-than-reckless abandon, and "the Blacks," a minority of 15 or so students who constantly informed on their classmates' antics...