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...Administration's sensitivity to issues of fairness and racial justice. The President compounded the uneasiness by projecting, with amiable vacuity, an unsteady hand on the tiller of state at his seventh press conference last week. He displayed a disconcerting lode of misinformation (see box), and a dubious grasp of the details of his own programs. The performance raised new questions about Reagan's control of the presidency, which were being asked even by some of the far rightists who helped elect him. At a meeting of conservatives organized by New Right Leaders Richard Viguerie and Paul Weyrich, Reagan...
...situation in Poland as "deteriorating," has highlighted sharply contradictory views about what U.S. foreign policy should be. The White House position, as propounded by Haig, is that "in time of crisis, communication between governments is more, rather than less important." But critics are arguing that the Administration does not grasp the need to back up denunciations of Soviet pressure on Poland with clear, telling actions. In this view, the very decision to talk gives the Soviets a propaganda coup. Concedes one State Department official: "Everybody in Poland will see Haig and Gromyko sitting down together. It will look like...
...presented a line of Sola ceramic dinnerware, designed to help people suffering from poor vision, crippling arthritis, the loss of a hand or misperception of distances. The dishes have a deep, straight inner edge to hold the food pushed against it. Cup handles are reshaped for a full grasp, even by shaky hands. Some cups and saucers have two handles. Saucers are indented to hold cups firmly in place. The dinnerware is conventionally decorated. Says Tregre: "You can't force contemporary designs on a health-care home. The folks want friendly and familiar surroundings...
...openly concerned about the quality of advice that Reagan receives from the men around him. They fear that the President's most hawkish advisers, notably Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and White House Counsellor Edwin Meese, may look upon the Polish crisis as a chance to loosen the Soviet grasp on Eastern Europe. Such a policy, in turn, might force Moscow to crack down even harder. Others claim to hear too many voices coming from the Administration. Says a peeved British diplomat: "No sooner does one U.S. official announce an attitude than within 24 hours another one says the direct...
...experiences and unrealistic assessments of what the U.S. can and will support. In short, these critics charge, to the extent that Ronald Reagan has any grand strategy, it is a relic of wars not won. Reagan's instinct, that the U.S. must be strong, is good; his grasp of the shifting global ingredients of economic health, national will and military capability...