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...Patches of its bright cityscape are on television all the time, and Woody Allen makes cracks about its well-muscled airheads. L.A. is to the rest of the U.S. as the U.S. is to Europe: both the butt of jokes and the object of envy, derided for its fast-buck vulgarity but secretly wished well just the same...
Reagan's attempt to shift the blame for the deficits to Congress was deeply resented by Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill. "President Reagan is trying to pass the buck on the worst record of Government red ink in American history," charged House Speaker Tip O'Neill. "It is Reagan's recession, the runaway Reagan military budget and the Reagan tax breaks forthe wealthy that are creating the Reagan red ink." House Majority Leader James Wright called Reagan "the biggest alibi artist ever to serve in the White House." Such barbs led Deputy White House Press Secretary Larry...
...British, French, Soviet and future American weapons in Europe are relatively few and cheap. NATO's conventional commitment also remains relatively small compared to the Communist bloc forces. By having nuclear forces, Britain and France receive "more bang for the buck," so to speak; in theory these weapons serve as a deterrent to the huge conventional forces of the Warsaw Pact. In practice, they would have to survive a first strike by the Soviet SS-20s, and in any case their use in a wartime situation would be subject to innumerable uncertainties and problems. Because of the numerical superiority...
Elwitt said Walcott was "passing the buck" and added that he would try to meet with President Bok to discuss the issue. He added that he plans to organize more picketing...
DIED. Larry ("Buster") Crabbe, 75, former swimming champion and 1930s film star best known as the original Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers; in Scottsdale, Ariz. After winning a gold medal in the 1932 Olympics, he moved to Hollywood, eventually calling himself "King of the Serials" for his intrepid science-fiction roles. Crabbe later became a fitness and exercise advocate, swimming a steady two miles a day well into...