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Some say we are entering a period of collective leadership in the West - that because the United States has lagged in economic growth and lost its military supremacy, we are going to have to consult our more prosperous allies and defer to them in the search for a Western consensus. This is nonsense. Consult, of course. But unless the United States leads, nobody will. And unless the President leads, nobody will...
...suppose we should all slow down. Once again, I defer to Sullivan--if the man says he's negotiating, you have to believe him. A whole crowd of people out there is saying Lynn shouldn't be traded, but that if he has to go, let's get rid of him now. Sorry, but baseball doesn't work that way, especially these days when contractual obligations hold up so many trades...
...events of the coming season, this much is known (readers who wish to defer these surprises until they are revealed on-screen are advised to proceed directly to the next para graph): the Ewing family is intact. Both Sue Ellen and Cliff I will be arrested and released. While J.R. recuperates, Bobby will assume the presidency of Ewing Oil and become obsessed with power, thus putting a severe strain on his marriage. Pamela will find her mother, a mysterious rich lady, and Ray Krebbs (Steve Kanaly), the Southfork Ranch foreman, will find his father. Cliff will establish a new political...
...difficult one, for Wilkerson has grappled with the polarities of the dance world and "the Harvard tradition" for four years. Dance is "ultimate freedom," and Harvard is "the epitomy of WASP values," she says. This contrast has led her to contemplate with-drawing from the University twice and to defer indefinitely her acceptance to the Stanford joint JD and MBA program...
Eraser's all but certain election by Chrysler's 213,158 shareholders is part of a deal worked out between the auto company and its workers to help the ailing auto company. Last fall the U.A.W. agreed to defer $203 million in wages and benefits in exchange for Eraser's appointment to the board of directors...