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...spokesman for Scalia said that the associate justice designate, who has been approved for a Supreme Court post by the Senate Judiciary Committee but has yet to be confirmed by the full Senate, decided to cancel because of his "decision not to make appearances or give speeches during the confirmation process...
...roots of the news division and what the news division does well." The network is also trying to placate affiliate stations, which have grown impatient with CBS's inability to deliver a competitive morning show. One major outlet, Atlanta's WAGA-TV, has already announced that it will cancel the CBS Morning News this fall. Other stations are threatening to follow suit...
...bombing of Libya in April, in what was described as retaliation for terrorism, prompted the Soviets to cancel a Shevardnadze visit in May. Subsequently, Reagan announced he no longer would observe the unratified 1979 SALT II treaty, which imposed ceilings on various U.S. and Soviet long-range nuclear weapons...
...Reagan's long-awaited speech on U.S. policy toward South Africa reflected the deep uncertainty that exists on that issue even within the Administration. Many White House aides thought it was politically self-destructive and ought not be given at all. At one point a decision was made to cancel it. In the end, though, it had one particularly firm and powerful advocate inside the White House: Ronald Reagan, who had never given a major address on South Africa in his 6 1/2 years as President, wanted to set the record straight...
...increased enrollment in the Summer School this year was, I think, poorly titled. The title read: "Libya Crowds Summer Session." It is very likely the case, as is pointed out in the article, that the threat of terrorist actions against U.S. citizens has caused a number of people to cancel plans to travel abroad this summer and in turn contributed to the increase in Summer School enrollment. Your title, however, indicates that you have unconsciously (perhaps) accepted as fact the Reagan administration's claim that the terrorist actions are all (or mostly) the result of a plot emanating from Tripoli...