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Israeli leaders also rejected criticism that the military, well trained in warfare, was ill prepared to handle riots and too quick to use lethal countermeasures. Rabin continued to insist that "whenever there is clear-cut danger to our troops, they have orders to use live ammunition." Army officials, however, announced that future draftees will be trained in crowd control and supplied with nonlethal riot gear, including rubber bullets, tear- gas grenades and defensive shields...
Walt Disney executives insist they will continue to make animated movies in the U.S., but not all their TV shows. Disney's new Duck Tales series is animated in Japan...
Their views on the U.S. economy for 1988 were far from uniform, but the majority opinion was firm and a bit surprising. Despite the stock crash, the plunging dollar and the scary new trade figures, most of the economists insist that America will muddle along next year with no recession, no significant rise in unemployment or inflation and only a modest increase in interest rates. Their median forecast is for growth in the gross national product, after adjustment for inflation, to slow only slightly, from 3.4% this year to 2.7% in 1988. Asserts Sam Nakagama of the Manhattan-based consulting...
...officials speak proudly of the U.S. contribution two years ago and now. Said one: "The last time around we got criticized for not doing enough, but we spent half a billion dollars trying to help starving people. What did the Russians do? They gave Ethiopia two planes." The Soviets insist they gave much more, including food, medicine, blankets and tents, and they are pouring in humanitarian aid now. Western experts say these claims are overstated...
...Phillips crowd separates itself from the mainstream conservatives who had been their allies for the past seven years, the Republican presidential candidates pander to the radical Phillipsian fringe of their party. Aside from Bush, none have been willing to give their explicit support for the INF treaty. Instead, they insist in courting Phillips and his followers, despite their lack of concern for--indeed, understanding of--constitutional principles...