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...political behavior, "with particular emphasis on abortion and nuclear war." On many other issues, Malone said, "there is room for sincere disagreement" on how moral guidelines should be applied to public policy, but on those matters involving "the direct taking of innocent human life" the bishops are speaking in accord with "the highest teaching authority of the church...
There appeared to be another important reason for the relaxations: East German Communist Party Leader Erich Honecker is due to make a four-day visit to West Germany in late September. Earlier this year Honecker allowed 27,182 East Germans to emigrate to the West. The loan accord is viewed as another "goodwill backdrop," in the words of a Western diplomat. A senior aide to Kohl hailed the transaction as the kind of step "we could only dream of years...
...sign a pact to modernize the outmoded equipment. Most recently upgraded in 1976, the teleprinters are able to send material at the sluggish rate of 66 words-a- minute. The new system will permit almost instant transmission of texts, maps and photos. While hardly a diplomatic break through, the accord represents the only substantively new superpower agreement since Reagan took office; with the more critical talks on nuclear arms in limbo, the White House hopes the hot-line agreement may send a message, however modest, to U.S. voters that Reagan is able to deal with the Soviets...
...achieve an accord with the Soviets on arms reduction, how can we possibly trust them? Their closed society will not permit on-site inspection. Even with our most sophisticated satellite photography, there is no way we can ever be sure how many launchers, missiles or warheads are arrayed against...
Under the terms of the summit accord, Britain will be reimbursed a flat $800 million this year and in following years will recover two-thirds of its net annual contribution (the difference between the country's payments and Community benefits). No one seems to be able to say exactly how much all this adds up to, but it will probably turn out to be less than the $1.3 billion that Thatcher originally requested. Still, the formula is sufficiently ambiguous to create the impression that neither side lost. Thatcher insisted, how ever, that any future revenue increase must include another...