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...Oliver Barrett would have a hard time recognizing the building where he stood at the bell desk, awaiting Jenny in Erich Segal's novel, "Love Story...
...sees all kinds of possibilities in "privatization," the selling off of Government assets (like grazing lands) and reducing of Government functions (like mortgage insurance). "The crystal ball is cloudy, but the political elements for the big fix are probably not now present," reports TIME National Political Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett. "In Congress, there is too much dissension within each House and within each party. In the White House, there is serious question whether Reagan fully understands what is involved. There is also a dearth of both acumen and independent thinking around him. If this analysis is correct, there is good...
...Guys don't really decorate their rooms-just a stereo, refrigerator and beer posters, if they even get around to that," says Kirkland resident Risa J. Barrett...
...This is the greatest disaster in the history of commercial space technology." So last week said a stunned James Barrett, president of Washington-based International Technology Underwriters, a major insurer of space satellites. Barrett's remark was prompted by the unprecedented loss of three new communications satellites in a week. Estimated value of the three, insured by INTEC and other companies: $250 million...
State Department Correspondent Johanna McGeary is also a veteran "hostage hand," having covered all 444 days of the Iran crisis. Both she and White House Correspondent Laurence Barrett put in a series of seemingly endless days trying to ferret out information and weigh contrasting data from Administration sources. "This assignment resembles detective work, gathering many facts and sifting for the few items of real significance," says Barrett. Reporting an unpredictable story on deadline is always difficult, says McGeary. "But," she adds, "the rush of information from sources as varied and contradictory as Lebanese clandestine radio, officials in three governments...