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Ever the loyal Administration soldier, Shultz last week permitted himself no public criticism of the dealings with Iran, but made little attempt to defend them either. He said that in his view the "policy of not negotiating for hostages is the right policy," carefully expressing no opinion on whether it is any longer the policy actually in effect. Like everyone else in his department, the Secretary referred all questions about Iran to the White House, but unlike others, he openly expressed dissatisfaction with the White House order that he do so. Said Shultz bluntly: "I don't particularly enjoy...
...last week in, oddly enough, Paris, where he had gone after a meeting with Shevardnadze in Vienna. Shultz was in France to discuss arms-control problems and other policy matters with French leaders, including Premier Jacques Chirac. The U.S. has been critical of France for not joining a British attempt to boycott Syria diplomatically as a terrorist nation and for its haste in negotiating a deal to return to Tehran Iranian funds that had been frozen in France. The night before their Friday meeting, Chirac, who was visiting Spain, made clear French resentment of what it regards as hypocritical American...
...BELZBERGS. The most aggressive corporate raiders to sweep down from Canada, the Vancouver-based Belzbergs have made profitable runs on the stock of a dozen or so major U.S. corporations during the past few years. In 1984 they teamed up with T. Boone Pickens in an attempt to take over Gulf Oil. The bid failed, but seven months later the Belzbergs sold their $87 million stake in the company for $157 million. Last March the family threatened a takeover of Ashland Oil (1985 sales and revenues: $8.2 billion), collecting a $16 million "green-mail" profit when management bought back...
...than by shifting party loyalties. Texas Republican Bill Clements won back his office from Mark White, the Democrat who had defeated him four years ago. Texas, moreover, suffers heavily from depressed oil prices, and White had the courage -- some might say the foolhardiness -- to raise taxes twice in an attempt to keep his state solvent. Alabama's Democrats went through such a bloodletting to determine the winner of their primary that Republican Guy Hunt benefited from the fratricide...
...attempt to spread its influence, the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics (IOP) will allow a national cable station to videotape and broadcast some of its events, K-School officials said this week...