Word: bechtel
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...Bechtel calls the chief on his shoephone. "The evils [CONTROL shorthand for the Evil Empire] have beefed up there arsenal and are beginning a Star Wars project of their own," he reports...
...Chief, Ronald Reagan, has sent his agents out to stop the latest evil ploy by the USSR--expecting the "Forces of World Goodness" USA to actually sacrifice a defense program in return for the "Evil Empire" USSR to stop their threatening arms deployment. Schultz, Agent Bechtel, has been given instructions to protect the good and noble "Star Wars Project" from the evil thugs of the USSR...
Secretary of State George Shultz and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger have been working together for most of the past 15 years: as high economic officials of the Nixon Administration; then as top executives of Bechtel, the worldwide construction firm; and currently as the most powerful members of Ronald Reagan's Cabinet. They breakfast together once a week, alternating as hosts, and confer frequently by telephone. When Shultz was asked last week about their reported disputes, he replied, "That's nonsense...
...U.S.Canadian relations during the past decade, the Reagan Administration has been careful to appear evenhanded about the race. Mulroney may be somewhat closer to Reagan on defense and economic issues, but Turner has good friends in Washington, most notably U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, who was president of Bechtel Corp. when Turner was a director of Bechtel Canada Ltd. After Reagan's highly publicized squabbles with Trudeau, the prevailing feeling in the Administration seems to be that "whoever wins, we win." U.S. officials contend that despite disputes over trade barriers, U.S. investment in Canada and environmental issues such...
...flag, according to the Oakland Tribune, was one of 18 historical banners donated to the city of San Francisco by the Bechtel Power Corp. To mark the 119th anniversary of the surrender of the Confederacy at Appomattox the Spartacus League decided to burn down the flag...