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...problems have frustrated the Reagan Administration more than its inability to rally support for its Central American policies. As the President lamented to a convention of longshoremen meeting in Hollywood, Fla., last week: "Many of our citizens don't fully understand the seriousness of the situation." Indeed, Congress and the public have generally remained either uninterested in or downright skeptical about American support for the government in El Salvador, which is struggling against left-wing rebels, and U.S. opposition to the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua, which is struggling against CIA-backed insurgents. So in addition to speaking loudly last...
...Amdahl Corp. (1982 sales: $462 million), which makes large computers; Joe M. Henson, president of Prime Computer (1982 sales: $436 million), a major producer of minicomputers; and David Martin, president of National Advanced Systems, the computer unit of National Semiconductor. Former employees usually speak highly of Big Blue. Says Fla-vil Van Dyke, president of Genigraphics, a computer-graphics firm: "I still look back fondly at IBM and try to run my company by IBM standards...
John S. Klipple St. Petersburg, Fla...
...Orlando, Fla...
...Topeka, Kans., more than 8,000 youngsters, ages nine months to 17 years, have showed up at malls, churches, schools and scout troop meetings since Christmas to take advantage of the police-sponsored Ident-A-Kid program. On Mother's Day weekend, employees of Honeywell in Clearwater, Fla., brought 93 of their offspring to the office to participate in the company-sponsored Operation Ident. That same weekend in New England, 40 McDonald's restaurants promoted a "Thumbs Up!" Mcfingerprinting...