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Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev talked in Geneva through more complex lattices. They sat by the fire in the Château Fleur d'Eau and interpreted the world for each other through their distinctive mental grids--different societies, different interests, minds formed by different histories. Walter Lippmann wrote, "We are...
The Cabinet members cheering Ronald Reagan's triumphant return to Washington from Geneva last week provided the appearance of an Administration united behind his summit success. Such homecoming harmony, however, was preceded by internal rivalries that lasted right up to the President's departure for his first meeting with a...
The four men who commandeered the Italian liner received prison sentences that ranged from four to eight years. Two days after the proceeding, it was learned that the youngest was only 17 years old and would have to be retried in a juvenile court. A fifth defendant, Mohammed Issa Abbas...
As women have taken their place in management, both sexes have learned new ways of working together. Women have started taking more risks and competing more aggressively. Says Cathleen Black, publisher of USA Today: "Unfortunately, for a long time women were just grateful to get a position. Men, on the...
Testifying by videotape, Getty told jurors that a few days after sitting down with Liedtke, he had learned that the J. Paul Getty Museum had agreed to sell it's 11.8% stake in Getty Oil to Texaco. Getty, who controlled 40.2% of his family's oil company, described being approached...