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...spend so much of our tax money on defense yet put our servicemen on planes that are unfit to fly [NATION, Dec. 23]. Our 248 young men and women should not have died in Newfoundland. We must do something to avert further tragic waste of life. Cheri Hansen Yorba Linda, Calif...
...impending financial disaster squarely on the President's desk. Or why, if others thwarted his honest intentions, he did not resign. His self-exoneration--describing how he was flitting here and there in righteous dismay, confronting all those mindless Californians around Reagan, struggling to "work from within" to avert the catastrophe he so clearly saw before him--does not go down well. He confesses to being too enamored of power. Yet he leaves no doubts that he considered his morality of a higher order, his intelligence superior...
...Haven still on the fringes of the Ivy race. Harvard was nearly knocked out of Yale’s gym in the early going, but rallied to stay within striking distance. The Crimson had three shots at the game winner in the final seconds, but was unable to avert a 54-53 Bulldogs victory...
...able to fix the problem, and managed to avert a price collapse in the division...
...Savings accounts throw off barely enough interest to feed a parking meter. Companies are cutting pensions, and politicians are making dire noises about Social Security. It's a scary message people are getting: We are heading toward a future in which we will need more money than ever to avert disaster, and there are fewer opportunities to get it. So people see their homes as their last, best hope for prosperity--as not just houses but also lifeboats...