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...radical, unilateral American departure from the rules that have governed the strategic competition between the superpowers for two decades. As seen from Moscow, it is bound to look like an attempt to create an invulnerable sanctuary from which the U.S. can attack the Soviet Union with impunity. American leaders insist, of course, that they would never consider such a thing, but the Soviets will not believe such protestations. Instead, they will see the U.S. indulging in a deadly combination of ambitions-better offense, better defense-that the Soviets are sure to try to match...
Reagan continues to insist that he is scrupulously observing the letter of his own security directives and of the law. In his most recent press conference, on April 4, he asserted, in response to a question about mines in Nicaraguan ports: "Our interest in Nicaragua is one and one only." After running through the charge about Nicaragua's "exporting revolution to El Salvador," he said, "As long as they do that, we're going to try and inconvenience that government of Nicaragua until they quit that kind of action." In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, made public...
...period of the Games, an existing ban on Soviet airliners carrying passengers into the country and has granted permission for a Soviet ship to be used as a floating hotel. Administration officials maintain that they were justified in denying a visa to a suspected KGB official but insist that they would grant "unhindered entry" to accredited athletes. Privately, some officials acknowledge that the U.S. embassy in Moscow made a mistake in stating that Soviet athletes needed visas instead of identity cards, but they emphasize that the matter could have been sorted out quickly and quietly...
State regulators are caught between a public that wants rates to stay down and telephone companies that insist they need price increases. Raising telephone rates for any reason, however rational, is an act with potential political consequences. Moreover, determining "true cost" is difficult, since the phone companies and the regulators disagree on the elements that go into it. Regulators cannot lightly reject requests for more money, because the phone companies must now earn a competitive rate of return on capital to attract investors. Says John Arcate, NYNEX's director of regulatory matters: "Regulators are more important to us than...
Klein said, "I insist that you are a bunch of screwballs and will please...