Word: edwin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Edwin Tetlow...
...decision illustrated a startling ineptitude on the part of the President's staff. Only Counsellor Edwin Meese and Presidential Lawyer Fred Fielding reviewed the proposal, which was recommended by the Treasury and Justice Departments. Meese did not submit it to any of the Cabinet councils, which are designed to let Cabinet members and top staffers consider the consequences of pending proposals, nor did he mention it to the only high-level black presidential aide, Melvin Bradley of the Office of Policy Development...
...controversial recalculation represents only the latest adjustment of a cosmological value known as the Hubble constant, after the noted astronomer Edwin Hubble. In the late 1920s, using the 100-in. Mount Wilson telescope, then the world's largest, Hubble discovered that everywhere he looked in the heavens, the galaxies seemed to be moving away from each other, like flecks on the surface of an expanding balloon, their speed increasing in direct proportion to their distance. By assuming the universe was expanding, astronomers used that ratio to reckon the universe's age and size. Trouble was that the Hubble...
Some European officials are openly concerned about the quality of advice that Reagan receives from the men around him. They fear that the President's most hawkish advisers, notably Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and White House Counsellor Edwin Meese, may look upon the Polish crisis as a chance to loosen the Soviet grasp on Eastern Europe. Such a policy, in turn, might force Moscow to crack down even harder. Others claim to hear too many voices coming from the Administration. Says a peeved British diplomat: "No sooner does one U.S. official announce an attitude than within 24 hours another...
...gubernatorial campaign; the next year. Clark became Reagan's chief of staff. He devised a "mini-memo" system of single-page briefings, stamped INFORMATION or DECISION, so Reagan would know at a glance whether a response was needed. Among Clark's subordinates then were Edwin Meese III and Michael Deaver. Clark remains very friendly with both, but reminds listeners that they once worked for him. Another friend from that era is Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. That bond will be especially useful, in light of the frequent policy clashes between Weinberger and Haig...