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Polish specialists have said that Gan. Wojciech Jaruzelski's regime is probably eager to see the 39-year-old electrician emigrate from his homeland, thus weakening his still-powerful influence on Polish workers...
...prices may be headed down, but the heat on natural gas keeps rising. Some tempers were getting close to the boiling point last week over President Rea gan's industry gas decontrol package, a complex effort to reshape an industry distorted by layers of regulation. Said Robert Hefner, president of GHK Co., an independent Oklahoma City gas producer: "We're getting double-crossed, and we're going to fight like hell...
...George, welcome to the team," said President Ronald Reagan at a swearing-in ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House last Friday afternoon. Rea gan complimented the Senate on "its wisdom," described Shultz as "a man with character and common sense," and observed: "Today I am reminded of the old saying, 'Let George do it.' And George, from now on, I think I'll have a few things...
...already at odds over such issues as the application of affirmative action policies and Israel's military and economic ties to South Africa. It would be tragically ironic if tensions between Blacks and Jews at Harvard became exacerbated over a relatively trivial problem, while the larger issues remain unaddressed. Gan L. Jackson...
When the White House speechwriters crafted Ronald Rea gan's Christmas message, they tried desperately to get away from Charles Dickens' hoary label for any era: "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." But they failed, drawn again to that time-worn language to describe the maddening contradictions of the world today. And indeed, Dickens' words may be especially apt for 1982, a year with no poetry in its sound, no numerical magic. It is a year that a number of scholars and statesmen are already predicting will be momentous...