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...really have an exit strategy. We have a victory strategy." DONALD RUMSFELD, U.S. Secretary of Defense, speaking to American troops while on a trip to Iraq last week...
People is in danger, however, of moving too fast. Several other discount carriers spawned by deregulation, including Air Florida, ended up in bankruptcy after overexpanding. Admits Donald Burr, People's founder and chairman: "There are risks in growing too fast, and there are risks in not growing at all. If I had my choice, I'd take the risk of growing too fast." He argues that his company is healthier than it has been in months. After suffering a $27 million loss between last October and March, the airline reported a record profit of $13 million for the April-June...
...inquisitive press against the wishes of the First Family. Though Speakes initially had replied "sure" to a journalist's query about whether a biopsy would be done, Nancy Reagan remained adamant that as little as possible be released about the operation. Speakes, backed by White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan, tried to persuade her to be more forthcoming, but to no avail. After Mrs. Reagan received preliminary findings of the biopsy, she decided to wait and tell her husband the next day, when the couple would be heading for Camp David. Rather than dissemble to reporters, Speakes stuck...
...center expects eventually to reintroduce some into their natural habitats and to satisfy the needs of both researchers and collectors. The collectors, oddly enough, have contributed to the near extinction of several species. One victim is the Knowlton cactus, the first endangered species cataloged by the center. Says Donald Falk, the center's administrative director: "Collectors will go out and decimate populations, uprooting the cactus to send it back to live on windowsills...
...whom the most extravagant promises of this land have become a reality are, I think, required to seek appropriate expressions of their gratitude," he says, with characteristic understatement. This book, like the life of quiet, diligent service it recounts, is an inspiring expression of that gratitude. --By Donald Morrison...