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(2 of 2) Our method at Bell Atlantic is to decentralize operations, and John, as vice chairman, will have those kinds of responsibilities.'' Still others believe Malone will soon move on. ''It's inconceivable to me that John Malone is going to report to someone else,'' says a competitor who...
National Security Decision Directives are top-secret orders dealing with sensitive problems that threaten America's safety. But last week Vice President George Bush openly discussed one directive, signed by President Reagan in April, that will allow the U.S. military to play a more active role in the nation's...
The language was dry, understated, yet painfully clear. What caused the space shuttle Challenger to explode last Jan. 28, killing its seven passengers? ''Failure of the pressure seal in the aft-field joint of the right solid-rocket motor.'' Why was the shuttle allowed to fly if unsafe? ''Neither Thiokol...
To Ronald Reagan, the mutual suicide pact that has precariously preserved the nuclear peace for the past quarter-century is unacceptable, indeed immoral. Why not, he asked in his famous Star Wars speech, switch from a policy of mutual assured destruction (MAD) to one of mutual assured survival by creating...
The compliment came from an unlikely source. ''You're so tasteful,'' gushed Bette Midler. Lena Horne's reply was something of a surprise: ''I'm tired of being tasteful.'' In this family history, Gail Lumet Buckley reveals the source of her mother's weariness and, en route, shows that fatigue...