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...White House is well aware that Gorbachev is likely to respond, as he did to Shultz in Moscow, by reciting a catalog of American sins and Soviet suspicions. But Reagan feels under no pressure, or so his aides insist to journalists, to show any concrete results from the summit. "No deal is better than a bad deal," they quote him as telling them. Indeed, one adviser insists that Reagan is in the strongest pre-summit position of any President since Dwight Eisenhower in 1955.[*] The rationale: the U.S. has rebuilt its military strength, and its economy is prosperous...
While the U.S.S.R. also wants to keep regional disputes from boiling into East-West incidents, the Soviets will insist on their right to support what they consider "wars of liberation." Gorbachev will criticize U.S. backing of the contras and intervention such as the 1983 invasion of Grenada. He will probably agree to sign an antiterrorism statement...
Despite the mayor's apology, the eleven-member panel adjourned after five weeks of testimony from 88 witnesses without clearly defining who was to blame for what Goode called "one of the most devastating days in the history of our city." Goode continued to insist that he was misled by subordinates who provided him with imprecise information. Contradictory statements by the mayor, Police Commissioner Gregore Sambor, Fire Commissioner William Richmond and City Managing Director Leo Brooks, who has since resigned, were not resolved. At issue was whether the mayor knew that police intended to use explosives on Move's fortified...
Tobacco manufacturers insist that liability lawsuits had no bearing on their corporate strategies. Says Rukeyser of American Brands, which has made an average of two acquisitions a year during the past 20 years: "We're not being frightened away from tobacco...
Moviegoers should probably shut their eyes for the first few seconds of The Journey of Natty Gann and miss the production company's logo. Those who insist that the studio in question maintain certain prissy and unrealistic standards about onscreen language and incident will thus be spared needless outrage upon hearing the film's adolescent heroine mutter the odd four-letter word on stressful occasions, for example when she has to fight off a man intent on molesting her. Those who have a different set of expectations for the company's works will not feel obliged to hedge their enthusiasm...