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...meeting is useful." Yes, replied Gorbachev. Then we must meet again, Reagan went on. It was then that he invited the Kremlin leader to come to the U.S. "And I invite you to come to the Soviet Union," responded Gorbachev. "I accept," stated Reagan. "I accept," echoed Gorbachev. The gloom lifted. At Gorbachev's limousine (inside of which a submachine gun rested on the rear seat), the two men parted company...
...Gloom hung over the American team's working lunch that day. White House Spokesman Larry Speakes raised the prospect of facing headlines that read SUMMIT BREAKS UP OVER SDI. He wondered anxiously how it would play back home. Badly, suggested Arms Control Adviser Paul Nitze, who noted that SDI does not enjoy overwhelming public support in the U.S. Speakes took the precaution of ordering press aides to prepare experts who could fan out over Geneva that night to put the right spin on news of a breakup...
...carry on, brave Postal Service, the Target thought as he grudgingly addressed his correspondent in Lexington as 02173-8087. Carry on through snow and rain and gloom of night, for even those numbered citizens who sometimes make fun of you still need you and depend on you. --By Otto Friedrich
Paul Carlin could deal with snow, rain and the gloom of night, but the U.S. Postal Service finally succeeded in staying him from his appointed rounds. After only twelve months as Postmaster General, the 16-year postal careerist, age 54, was fired last week by the Postal Service Board of Governors. His replacement as the 66th successor to Benjamin Franklin: Albert Casey, 65, a tough manager who retired as chairman and chief executive of American Airlines last year...
...think it's an opportunity. That's why we're invested in Career Builder. com. If we sat back and just stayed with the traditional print product, I'd agree with some of the doom-and-gloom predictions, but we're not doing that...