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Reagan and his supporters, however, insist that last week marked a turnaround. "He's doing it," said Republican Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming. "He's appointing good people. There will be more changes; I'm not going to speculate who, but others will go. The President went about as far last night as his persona would take him. He didn't apologize, but he admitted his mistakes. He said he had learned. He said he would change. That's quite a bit for a President...
...World News Tonight with Peter Jennings -- fear they may be losing some of that hold. Besieged by budget cuts and competition, the news departments are going through a period of turmoil that is urgently forcing them to re-examine how they go about keeping Americans informed. Though most executives insist the quality of their flagship news programs will not be affected, many are not so sure. Says a CBS Evening News producer: "There comes a point when a worldwide newsgathering operation stops being a worldwide newsgathering operation...
...with John and no one else," says Schulz-Keil. "His way of making movies meshes perfectly with the subject matter. Both he and Joyce tell a story by giving everyday objects allegorical meaning, turning the everyday into the sublime." The decision to hire Anjelica and Tony, the producers insist, was theirs...
Even those who favored Deputy Director Robert Gates to succeed the ailing William Casey seem reconciled to Webster. "Anything is better than the current lack of direction," says a CIA official. Those who know the Judge well insist that he is the best man for the job, but for reasons that may not go down well with those agency types who are used to skirting the law to get things done. "They're bound to feel a little besieged at the CIA right now," said former Attorney General Griffin Bell, who recruited Webster for the FBI post. "The FBI felt...
Junior learns quickly that when his teacher marks him absent in homeroom, he can insist that it was actually the presence of absence and the absence of presence. If the teacher questions him further, he patiently explains that it all goes back to his fear of castration...