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President Reagan seems able to find encouragement in the trade figures no matter which way they are moving. After Friday's news, Reagan said the rise in exports showed that "our competitive position in the world is steadily improving." That was a bit at odds with a comment he had made four days earlier, when he called the deficit with other nations a "sign of strength" because "our growing economy enables us to buy their goods." This rationalization provoked ridicule from Democratic critics. Congressman Richard Gephardt of Missouri, a champion of fair trade and a presidential candidate, labeled Reagan...
Teller and Wood, for their part, refuse to comment directly on Woodruff's charges. Even so, Teller told TIME last week, "I'm most unhappy to see a great scientific discovery, the X-ray laser, is reported not for its merits or its possible use for defense, but as an object of controversy." Contends Livermore Physicist Hugh DeWitt: "Woodruff did a damn good job of blowing the whistle on the extravagant claims of those two men." And while Woodruff's employment status has been resolved, the issues have not. The conclusions of the GAO investigation are expected by June...
...mumbled his allegiance to Democrat Michael Dukakis. "You mean you're Greek?" Haig bellowed. Wagging a finger playfully, Haig continued, "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts." No answer. Haig walked away, then turned back. "I'll tell you something about Greek sailors," he said, adding a locker-room comment about the danger of turning one's back on them. Startled, the Dukakis supporter at last looked up, as Haig filled the stunned silence with a hearty guffaw...
...Governor feels that it is inappropriate at this time to comment on the investigation, in that any comment might interfere with due process," a Dukakis press official said...
...have had meetings with the attorney general's office, and have agreed not to comment on the situation," said State Police Lieutenant Joseph Dennehy...