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Carlucci does talk about cutting "force structures," meaning numbers of troops, ships and planes, and of axing "lower priority, marginal" weapons systems, especially those still in the research-and-developm ent stage. But so far, he refuses to chop any of the superexpensive weapons programs that such experts as former Defense Secretaries Brown and James Schlesinger doubt the Pentagon could have afforded even under Weinberger's spending plans...
...between the President and Enrile was at last complete. On Friday morning, during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new chapel on the outskirts of Manila, she went out of her way to thank him for the role he had played in the February revolt, but he was not pres-ent to receive the compliment. In a ceremony at the Defense Ministry four hours later, Enrile received the Philippine Legion of Honor, the nation's highest civilian award, which is customarily presented to the recipient by the President in person. On this occasion, however, Aquino was not on hand to give...
...legal and political terrain faced by Frost and her allies has changed considerably since the day Scopes went on trial, even in the pres-ent era of Reagan conservatism. For one thing, the state of Tennessee has switched sides. In 1925 the state prosecuted Scopes; today the Tennessee advocate general is backing the school board against Frost. For the most part, the local community has been unreceptive to the Fundamentalists' claims. No matter which way the monkey trial of the 1980s comes out, the case has already demonstrated that history never does quite repeat itself...
Looks like another busy season again this year. The shopping malls are already crowded and salve . . . well, you know the rest. We asked the must what-do-you-want-from-Santa question this year and added a new ent to make the list more exciting: "If you were Santa this year, and you could give anything out, what would your first present...
...good company of an entirely differ ent nature is the Groundlings, a home grown group that does improvisational comedy in a tiny Hollywood theater...