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...Columnist James Reston of the New York Times, who has seen Presidents come and go (he is a few steps short of 75), ruefully describes them as "the best public relations team ever to enter the White House." They got away with cutting presidential press conferences to the fewest in ten years, knowing these can expose Reagan's ignorances. They get their man on nightly television with a planned quip and a farewell wave, while the helicopter's rotors drown out questions. White House advisers anonymously brief network correspondents, promoting Reagan's policies and taking potshots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch Thomas Griffith: Proving Lincoln Was Right | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

According to Conway, the office closed down the early Sunday and Monday morning shifts because operators received the fewest number of calls then--only 30 calls in seven and one-half hours, compared with more that 4500 calls received on 15-hour weekdays. In the past, one operator has covered each late shift, he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Cuts Back Operator Service | 10/16/1984 | See Source »

Which of these four countries cast the fewest votes with the U.S. at the United Nations last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Respect: At the U.N., few follow the U.S. | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

...shown that the most stressed workers are in middle management. In addition to facing the pressures of climbing the corporate ladder, these workers are caught in a perilous bind: lots of responsibility but little control. Those who have surmounted these obstacles and made it to the top "have the fewest problems," says Dr. Gilbeart Ceilings, corporate medical director of New York Telephone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stress: Can We Cope? | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

Nothing would derail Chrysler's recovery more effectively than a continuation of the disease that has afflicted Detroit for three years: sickly sales. Last year U.S. manufacturers sold only 5.8 million cars, the fewest in 21 years; Chrysler sold 794,000, but its share of the American market inched up, to 10%. So far this year the industry is doing only slightly better. Through February, sales were running at an annual rate of 6 million cars. All of the Big Three are offering customers cut-rate financing of 11.9% in an effort to spur sales. Chrysler's decision last month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iacocca's Tightrope Act | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

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