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...President Reagan reeled off figures to demonstrate that his defense spending was comparatively not so large, reporters at the televised press conference began to titter. The President grew flustered, then spotted the cause. Nancy Reagan, 61, was in the wings with a cake for her husband's 72nd birthday. The assembled journalists launched into the appropriate chorus, with one quavering soloist adding, "How old are you?" Reagan sang back that it was "two days early." And while a few correspondents groused that the conference had been manipulated, the President happily cut slices out of something besides the budget...
...context, where the baby in question is being cooked up on consignment, there is cause for real worry. With all the potential joys of scientifically created parenthood, the last thing one wishes to encourage is the impersonal approach. What is being cooked up in each instance is not a cake or a car or a mail-order watch. It is a person, small-headed or not, and any situation that suggests otherwise is not just dismaying but dangerous...
Rusher was quick to rise to Meese's defense. "It is important that Meese not be man-euvered into a 'Let-'em-eat-cake' position," he said, assuring the audience that Meese was referring to current social security woes and not the program itself...
Reagan has proved repeatedly throughout his term that he is out to reduce student aid. His latest proposal, while it sounds nice, is merely sweet icing for the same stale, bitter cake...
...effective and positive leverage on the Salvadoran government with military aid. The threat that such aid will be held back can force the regime in El Salvador to crack down on human rights abuses. But Reagan's certification decision should make it obvious that El Salvador can have its cake...