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With those words, Roberto d'Aubuisson, 38, the charismatic leader of El Salvador's right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), tried to allay the fears generated by his designation as President of El Salvador's new constituent assembly. D'Aubuisson, who was once described by former U.S. Ambassador Robert White as a "pathological killer," had just assumed a key position in a country racked by left-wing insurgency and right-wing terror that have left some 30,000 people dead since October 1979. D'Aubuisson's election was an apparent defeat not only...
...Russian winter had passed and that the capricious spring weather and thawing snow hardly made for a pleasant vacation. For Kremlin watchers around the world, the announcement provided the first official acknowledgment that the Soviet leader had indeed dropped out of sight. But if it was intended to allay suspicions about his whereabouts, it only increased the questions concerning Brezhnev's disappearance from public view three weeks...
Last week, Henry Rosovsky, dean of the Faculty, tried to allay such suspicions. In his annual report to the president. Rosovsky addressed affirmative action, arguing that the University should make a special effort to keep its hiring decisions free of discrimination...
...President remains amiably unfazed by the deficit shock felt on Wall Street and Capitol Hill. He said that unfounded fears about fiscal policy were partly to blame for the high interest rates that are the main cause of the current economic crisis. He tried to allay Wall Street worries that the Administration wants to subvert the Federal Reserve Board's policy of keeping a tight rein on the money supply, and thus refuel inflation. After a meeting with Fed Chairman Paul Volcker, Reagan used his press conference to call a halt to recent White House carping about the Reserve...
Marathon's executives were clearly worried that absorption by Mobil would destroy their company's identity, a fear U.S. Steel sought to allay. Said Marathon President Harold D. ("Hoop") Hoopman, 61, after the agreement was announced: "We've been assured by U.S. Steel that Marathon will remain a vigorous competitive force in the oil industry...