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Speaking at a press briefing on this month's meeting of the Yale Corporation, Giamatti said Yale does not plan to accept more cuts in its federal funding without a fight, the Yale Daily News reported.
In a press briefing at the White House, Reagan announced that he had decided to go ahead with production of both the MX missile and the B-1 bomber. Those much disputed weapons systems would be part of a $180 billion modernization of America's nuclear forces, a program...
Though serious doubts remain about the wisdom of Reagan's package, the President will probably win most, if not all, of his program from a defense-minded Congress. And the President pointedly remarked at his briefing that he considered all the new weapons systems negotiable in any future arms...
General Ariel ("Arik") Sharon, 53, has long been known as a "hawks'hawk" among Israeli politicians. As Agriculture Minister in the last Begin government, he was the leading advocate of building new Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. But now, as Defense Minister, he is pressing for a transition...
The dimensions of the difficulty produced an unmistakable air of tension last week at the White House. Reagan skipped his Wednesday horseback ride at Quantico, Va., for a budget session and remarked at a Cabinet meeting on Thursday that "there will be blood, sweat and tears for all of you...