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...like some ancient warrior king seeking to settle the disputes of nation states in single combat. By his side as he spars and reasons with Mikhail Gorbachev will be three top aides: Secretary of State George Shultz, National Security Adviser Robert ("Bud") McFarlane and White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan. The President will depend heavily on the wisdom and counsel of this small coterie of advisers and a larger supporting cast both in Geneva and in Washington. Any deal the U.S. might conceivably work out with the Soviets will be as much their product as the President...
Across Washington, even the highest officials snapped their heads in disbelief upon hearing the news of the impending press conference. CIA Director Casey, who had not told the White House about Yurchenko's disappearance over the weekend, quickly called Chief of Staff Donald Regan, who in turn told the President. Reagan apparently showed little emotion, but others in the West Wing gathered in front of televisions to watch CNN's live broadcast of the conference. What they saw for the next hour was one of the most amazing public performances ever to emerge from the foggy world of spy intrigue...
...easygoing former family practitioner is expected to be more of a team player than Heckler, whose clashes with White House insiders, mainly Chief of Staff Donald Regan, led to her downfall. Bowen served as chairman of the Advisory Council on Social Security, which helped rescue the foundering system in 1984. He promised last week to perform his new job "with as much efficiency and compassion as I can." Expect him also to attempt to hold the line on the gargantuan ($327.8 billion) HHS budget. ARMED FORCES Dollar Wars Over Star Wars...
...vote of confidence in the tobacco industry," says Donald Nanney, a factory manager of R.J. Reynolds'. Only a few years ago, such a vote would have seemed unnecessary. Economic recessions came and went, prices continually climbed, but Americans always kept buying more and more cigarettes. Today, though, while the $18 billion tobacco industry remains very profitable, the element of predictability is gone. The industry is facing a spate of product-liability suits and, for the first time in its history, a period of declining consumption. Unit sales peaked in 1981, when Americans puffed on 640 billion cigarettes...
...film clip, former Pittsburgh Steeler Quarterback Terry Bradshaw is shown on the sidelines during a game bragging to a teammate about how well he "read" the opposing team's defense. Another tape, based on In Search of Excellence by Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman, shows Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse leading a march at Florida's Disney World. A narrator's voice off-screen intones, "If you are looking for excellence in American business, this parade is a good place to start...