Word: jointly
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...President, of course, will not phrase his State of the Union speech in quite such baldly political terms. But when he steps before a joint session of Congress and national-TV cameras Wednesday night, Reagan is expected to sound the themes he will be repeating throughout the 1984 campaign. His official announcement of his own political plans is scheduled for Sunday night, and Reagan still refuses to confirm publicly what all his aides assume to be as sure as sunrise: he will run for reelection. In any case, the address was drafted, primarily by Reagan, as a political document...
Economic issues were, however, overshadowed by matters of security during last week's talks. At the close, a joint statement on "good neighborly relations" suggested that Mozambique would prevent the black nationalist African National Congress from attacking South Africa from within its borders, while South Africa would not aid and abet the M.N.R. But good intentions alone may not be enough to dispel old enmities...
Mark van Norman, who has a joint appointment as a Research Associate in computer graphics and as a Lecturer in Architecture, says that in the past five years new techniques like solid modelling methods have become possible because of improved software which is broadening graphics' applications. The computer can represent the physical model itself instead of a two-dimensional structure. According to van Norman this ability to reproduce a desk 100 times in a few minutes will revolutionize traditional architecture...
...concrete results of Zhao's visit-two bilateral agreements-were not major breakthroughs. The first extended an earlier accord that established the exchange of scientific information and personnel. The second paved the way for more specific agreements on joint development of offshore oil, coal and other sectors of the Chinese economy. Said one U.S. official: "It tells Chinese foreign-trading companies that it is all right to 'buy American...
...provide some of its small cars. Starting next year, GM plans to build some 250,000 small cars a year with Toyota in a plant in Fremont, Calif. By 1986 the company hopes to import 300,000 cars built by Suzuki and Isuzu. Predicts GM Chairman Roger Smith: "Joint ventures are going to be a way of life." Chrysler, which last week filed an antitrust suit seeking to prevent the Toyota-GM hookup, imports four Mitsubishi models and will probably replace its aging Omni and Horizon models with a car built overseas. Says Chrysler Vice Chairman Gerald Greenwald: "The days...