Word: jointly
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Mondale also sharply questioned Reagan's competence in dealing with Lebanon. The Democrat said the President had sent Marines there on an ill-defined mission against the advice of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and left them exposed to terrorist attack. They had "to leave in humiliation," said Mondale, and the Soviet position in the Middle East was strengthened because of the withdrawal. He also assailed the lack of security evident in the bombing of the American embassy in Beirut last month...
...Unemployment hovers around 14% nationwide and runs as high as 40% in some places. Foreign debt has risen to $3.4 billion, and export revenues (primarily from bananas, shrimp and light manufacturing) are falling. Panama is not benefiting much from the country's famous waterway, which was transferred to joint U.S.Panamanian administration under the 1977 Panama Canal treaties. The Big Ditch, historically a not-for-profit concern, last year showed an operating loss of $4 million, reflecting a worldwide shipping slump. One of Ardito Barletta's first unpleasant chores will be a round of belt tightening prescribed...
...health administration have become in creasingly necessary for career growth. These programs offer different degrees depending on their emphasis in course content. Example are the Master of Public Health and Health Services Administration, the Master of Health Policy and Management, and the Master in Hospital Administration. Some Institutions offer joint degree programs in business and health administration or in law and health administration. Most are two-year programs and require administrative field work in a health care setting. Education in health care administration incorporates a variety of discipline...
...commanded U.S. forces in South Viet Nam from 1964 to 1968, calls the program a "hatchet job" for alleging that he engaged in a "conspiracy" to underreport enemy troop strength. According to the 90-min. broadcast, Westmoreland's command, in its reports to President Lyndon Johnson and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, estimated Viet Cong strength at about 300,000. Many intelligence operatives believed the true figure was closer to 500,000. The program also charges that the Saigon command withheld information about the nearly 25,000 North Vietnamese troops suspected of infiltrating the South each month. These grim...
...pretrial conference late last week, Burt told Judge Leval that Westmoreland planned to narrow his suit "to make the trial measurably easier." Burt said he will focus primarily on refuting what he claims is CBS's implication that Johnson and the Joint Chiefs had been willfully deceived by the reporting from Viet Nam; Burt then dropped the charge that CBS had libeled Westmoreland by accusing the general of misleading Congress and the public. Boies said that the move showed "the case is beginning to unravel." The trial, which may last as long as four months, is nevertheless expected...