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...reducing dependence on oil. Mexico needs to develop very aggressively its capacity to export goods other than oil. We need foreign investment to increase export capacity and [to enable us] to absorb modern technology. This goal requires considerable internal efforts and a climate abroad that will encourage investments in export products. No matter how hard we try in Mexico to increase exports, if the large markets do not give access to our export goods, the investor will not feel sufficiently encouraged to make the investments...
...smash hits, both men have launched some money-losing flops. Wozniak dropped as much as $20 million in 1982 and '83 as promoter of California's US Festivals, two Labor Day rock extravaganzas. With some $70 million of his fortune left, Wozniak resigned from Apple early last year to develop an infrared remote-control device capable of simultaneously operating several types of components, including TV sets and videocassette recorders. So far, his CL9, an abbreviation of "cloud nine," is not profitable and has produced only one product, a $30 device that amplifies the signal of remote controllers...
...insistence that Ronald Reagan's cherished Strategic Defense Initiative, designed to serve as a space-based shield against ballistic missiles, be confined to "laboratory research." And Reagan was equally adamant that the U.S. retain the right not only to conduct scientific research on new Star Wars weapons but to develop and test them as well...
...sharply reduced strategic arsenals for both our countries." But, he added, "there was remaining at the end of our talks one area of disagreement." He said "the Soviet Union insisted that we sign an agreement that would deny to me and future Presidents for ten years the right to develop, test and deploy a defense against nuclear missiles for the people of the free world. This we could not and will...
Following our return to Washington, there was unanimous agreement among the Chiefs, the President and me that we must initiate action to expand our offensive forces. The cheapest way to do that was to develop MIRVs. By placing more than one warhead on each missile, the U.S. could increase the number of warheads far more cheaply than by building more missiles. But we recognized this was a very dangerous step--if the Soviets followed our lead, as we must assume they would, it would lead to a dramatic increase in the offensive forces of each side. We therefore concluded that...