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...that point, the facts are not with Reagan. His exact quote, from a press conference on May 13, 1982, referred to missiles carried by submarines and bombers as follows: "You are dealing there with a conventional type of weapon or instrument, and those instruments can be intercepted. They can be recalled if there has been a miscalculation...
...have so far been parceled out to federal officials with unusual frugality. Less than four years ago, intelligence sources say, the combined networks of secure telephones operated by the Federal Government probably numbered just upwards of 1,000 units. That total has risen steadily under the Reagan Administration; the exact number is secret, but unofficial estimates put the new total at between 2,000 and 3,000 units. One reason the Government has been slow to install scrambled lines has been the cost: each secure unit runs about $31,000. Another has been complaints from users that voice quality...
...real and visionary Van Gogh. The notion that his paintings were "mad" is the most idiotic of all impediments to understanding them. It was Van Gogh's madness that prevented him from working; the paintings themselves are ineffably sane, if "sanity" is to be denned in terms of exact judgment of ends and means and the power of visual analysis. All the signs of extreme feeling in Van Gogh were tempered by his longing for concision and grace. Those who imagine that he just sat down in cornfields and let the landscape write itself through him are refuted...
...Most of her colleagues no longer want to play king. Says Armani: "If the press is going to shout so much about my 18-in. skirts, I shall renounce paternity." In one sense he already has: all his skirts will be shipped to stores at knee length, leaving the exact specifications up to the purchaser. Gianfranco Ferre, who showed minis, thought the whole fuss was show biz. Said he: "I keep the same proportions on the runway as on the racks...
...last week, he delighted an audience of New York City fans, but deftly declined to interpret the meaning of his work. Eco did talk about the pressures of fame and fortune. "I used to think that financial success would enable me to pursue my interests more," explained Eco. "The exact opposite has happened. It's quite a paradox...