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...Stansfield Turner. The CIA director looked better to Carter in Navy whites than he does in charge of U.S. intelligence. Carter is now said to agree with critics that his Annapolis classmate is too much of a lightweight and military bureaucrat for the job. Carter gives higher marks to Turner's deputy, Frank Carlucci. But because of the frequent turnover of CIA directors-five in six years -the President is reluctant to make a change...
Indeed, the statistics indicate that Viet Nam-era vets are not doing so badly. Their median income is higher than that of nonveterans in the same age group. At least 65% have used the G.I. Bill to further their education; only 51% made use of it after World War II. The unemployment rate for veterans 25 to 29, however, is 7.7%, vs. a 5.5% overall average for that age group...
...problem would clear up by 1992 because of the higher payroli taxes taking effect automatically through the 1980s, they said. The system, however, cannot afford a cut in those tax increases, enacted by Congress in 1977 to keep the system solvent...
Vladimir Ribaric, chief of the geophysical observatory in Ljubljana, said the earthquake registered 7.2 on the Richter scale, 1.2 points higher than Yugoslavia's worst recorded tremor...
...Everyone was dead at the end of the race." Benton said. But exhaustion carried with it some jubilation. "We're really excited after the win. The boat feels very strong, even at higher cadences." Benton added...