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Despite Weinberger's hard-line opposition, Shultz has been more successful in encouraging Reagan to resume negotiations with the Soviet Union on a variety of issues, most notably arms control. It is this very success, however, that has subjected Shultz to attack from those on the far right. They accuse...
Texaco won one concession in its eleventh-hour negotiation with Pennzoil: a delay in the imposition of a bond. Normally, if Texaco wished to appeal Casseb's decision, it would be required to post bond to prevent Pennzoil from seizing the property it won in court. The bond would be...
Rostenkowski's about-face stunned his colleagues. When Representative Thomas Downey, a New York Democrat, expressed his surprise to Rostenkowski, the chairman said, "I was always going to give you state and local taxes." Replied Downey: "If you were, you deserve an Academy Award." After Rostenkowski's concession, many committee...
Fearful of U.S. high tech, the Soviets would ban all long-range cruise missiles. This would force the Pentagon to cancel its program to outfit B-52s with such weapons, stop the U.S. from deploying long-range ground-launched cruise missiles in Europe, and bar development of long-range sea...
Gorbachev's importunings to the Europeans in Paris further muddy the picture. Rather than offer to trade Soviet missiles aimed at Europe for U.S. "Euromissiles" aimed at the Soviet Union, Gorbachev last week offered to negotiate separately with Britain and France. He suggested that the Kremlin might slash the number...