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...passed out the standard presidential cuff links. Back on Capitol Hill, Kennedy showed the gift to some of his Democratic colleagues with a wry boast: "I can help you get some of these." The Republican stalwart, Barry Goldwater, caught the irony. "I'll bet," he kidded, "they have line-item veto written on the back...
...over the route costs $104. No wonder People's first week of flights to Atlanta was nearly sold out. The passengers did not seem to mind the airline's standard no-frills policy, which requires them to pay up to $2 for in-flight snacks and $3 for each item of luggage over the two-piece limit...
...shocking news two weeks ago of Actor Rock Hudson's illness that finally catapulted AIDS out of the closet, transforming it overnight from someone else's problem, a "gay plague," to a cause of international alarm. AIDS was suddenly a front-page disease, the lead item on the evening news and a frequent topic on TV talk shows. There seemed no end to the reports...
Along the way, French dispenses reams of disinformation. Middle-class women of the 18th century, she writes, got pregnant easily because they were inactive. Regarbling an already muddled item from Ms. magazine, she says that President Carter wanted to send female soldiers into Afghanistan, and that the Afghan rebellion occurred partly because of the Soviet demand that women be allowed to read, write and attend village meetings. China and the Soviet Union are listed as the world leaders in allowing women to fulfill themselves...
...most pressing item on the President's agenda was the deadlock over the budget. Since midwinter, the Senate and the House have been unable to agree on a deficit-reducing budget resolution, wrangling most ferociously over defense spending and entitlement programs, particularly Social Security. Reagan has skirmished with both houses while trying to get them to compromise on a plan acceptable to him. Dressed in pajamas and a bathrobe, the President expressed his frustration to congressional leaders at a White House meeting last week. "How can the country go forward without a sound economic plan?" he asked. Reagan exhorted...