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...polls in Europe show a marked increase in respect for Reagan. The Soviets have made several intriguing comments that suggest they are finding more merit in his arms-control proposals than they ever noted before the election. There are some sage observers in this city who claim they even detect a slight mellowing in Tip O'Neill...
...meantime the FBI, suffering from a spate of bad publicity-the acquittal of Auto Magnate John De Lorean on drug-trafficking charges, revelations that the bureau had been slow to detect alleged espionage by one of its counterintelligence officers-was elated by the Honduran coup busting. "We want to make it clear that the full resources of the FBI will be devoted to preventing terrorist acts like those disclosed today," said Director William Webster. At his family farm 50 miles outside Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, President Suazo was being guarded by 800 Honduran soldiers...
...planted a small quantity of explosives, without detonator to be sure, on the grounds of the residence of the French Ambassador, where Mitterrand was to hold a reception. The technician, acting without authorization, apparently wanted to test British antibomb squads. The explosives were quickly discovered by dogs trained to detect them. Understandably edgy in the wake of the Irish Republican Army bombing in Brighton two weeks ago aimed at Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, British authorities questioned the French technician at length and gave him what was described as a "verbal lashing...
...quite that. But in recent months, the virus has served as something of a Rosetta stone in the efforts to decipher the enigmas of AIDS. It has also made possible the development of a test that will detect evidence of the infection in donated blood, an important step toward preventing the spread of AIDS by transfusions. Last week, at the annual meeting of the American Association of Blood Banks in San Antonio, and at gatherings of AIDS-related groups in New York City and San Francisco, the new developments were the major topic of discussion. Finally, it appears...
...life did not appear on earth until 1 billion years later. Some astronomers, moreover, are skeptical of the pair's planetary speculation. Says Fred Gillett of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories in Tucson and a member of the IRAS team: "It would be impossible, using this technique, to detect large bodies...