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...Central Park--but on television that same day. Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger '38 flippantly dismissed the historical event and said the administration's plan for an arms buildup would not be changed. And almost exactly two months after the New York demonstration, Pentagon officials said they plan to exceed an already unprecedented military spending schedule by requesting $247 billion from Congress for defense in fiscal year...
...Republican predecessors. Reagan and James Watt, his Interior Secretary, have tried to undo much of the progress made in environmental quality dating from Abraham Lincoln to Richard Nixon. It is grievously damaging. The budget deficits that Reagan will accumulate in four years, while claiming to be a fiscal conservative, exceed the total deficits of all the peacetime years
...best possible increase in sales." Business Analyst R. Joseph Fuchs of Kidder, Peabody and Co. Inc. rates USA Today's chances as "better than even." John Morton of Lynch, Jones and Ryan notes that Gannett is at worst taking a gamble in which potential rewards greatly exceed risks: "This is not an enormous investment, it is like buying a moderate-size newspaper, and it promises an enormous return...
...much of Banco Ambrosiano does the I.O.R. really own? Italian financial sources suggest that I.O.R. ownership may run as high as 10%. Vatican officials insist that the figure is exaggerated, but have left open the possibility that the Vatican bank's ownership may exceed the officially reported...
...news behind him, Continental Chairman Roger Anderson took the highly unusual step of publicly discussing details of the bank's loans with investment analysts and journalists alike. Said he of the Penn Square fiasco, in which Continental has so far written off $45 million in risky loans that exceed $1 billion: "It has been a body blow to us. Our confidence and pride have been hurt but not gravely wounded...