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...members of the troika, in contrast, are in effect???though not in title?three Chiefs of Staff. The duties and powers of the three men are ill defined; they overlap and intersect at a thousand points. The personalities differ in substantive ways. Meese, a cautious lawyer and the most conservative of the troika, specializes in summarizing conflicting arguments without committing himself. Baker, also a lawyer, is a hard-driving organizer with finely tuned political instincts. Deaver, an affable former public relations consultant, is concerned, above all, with the welfare and comfort of the First Family. Californians Meese and Deaver have...
...Economist Otto Eckstein sees a different and more beneficial effect???"a rapid growth in the private sector and a decline in the public sector." He adds: "The results are good in terms of changing things around. The voters in California have slowed down the growth of government. This will force the public sector to become more efficient, which is hard...
...options initially approved had included resumption of certain intelligence operations which had been suspended in 1966. These in turn had included authorization for surreptitious entry?breaking and entering, in effect???on specified categories of targets in specified situations related to national security...
...language a motion to default?though it was so in effect???this measure declared that "The Chamber invites the Government to summon, in accord with Great Britain and other debtors, a general conference ... to adjust all international obligations...
Aboard the yacht Waterhoen a two-hour get-together was staged between able Queen Elisabeth and some of the Flemish writers, publicists, poets, playwrights and professors who had been agitating for a Change. To.all appearances the Flemish beer-party had a most happy effect???in Flanders. That a skulking French-blooded reporter was there with his snoopy concealed camera was, for the whole Belgian Royal Family, indeed for Belgium itself, a minor tragedy...