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...leaked the letter? Early speculation centered on Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy and the Administration's most ardent critic of arms control. Perle flatly denied that he was the source of the leak. Defense Department officials pointed out that the leaked letter bore Weinberger's nickname signature "Cap," while the copies distributed to Perle and others in the Pentagon were unsigned: the implication was that it was leaked after receipt elsewhere in the Government. A fine point, perhaps, but by week's end Washington insiders were convinced that other players had more motive for mischief...
While the leak was tame by Washington standards, failure to classify the letter made it all the easier for editors of the two papers to justify its publication. Indeed, some observers speculated that Weinberger himself wanted his missive made public, particularly since so many copies were dispatched around the Government. Said Thomas Longstreth, associate director of the privately funded Arms Control Association: "By sending it unclassified, Weinberger intended it to be leaked." The Secretary denies any such purpose. "I can't recall that I've ever classified a letter I've given the President," he told TIME last week...
...letter that began, "Louis Farrakhan feels we should hate the Jews because they crucified Christ" [LETTERS, Nov. 18]. Representatives of the Roman Empire, not the Jews, ordered the death of Christ. This statement is used by some to justify anti-Semitic beliefs. Bruce Stein Edison...
...should the Target react? Must he docilely accept this new aggravation? If he ignored the ZIP code entirely, thus challenging the U.S. Postal Service to try to find the historic town of Lexington without any numerical clues to guide it, would the letter go hopelessly astray? Sure, he has heard the postal authorities' soothing declarations that the nine-digit ZIP is designed to move mail faster and at a discount to firms that use it, but he suspects that if that thing poking under the edge of the tent looks like a camel and smells like a camel, it probably...
...reason for the piscatory success story. Texas-based Church's Fried Chicken, a fast-food outlet, introduced the fish last April, and it is now a strong seller in the chain's 1,600 stores. Says Kay Richardson, Church's public relations director: "When I receive a letter from someone in Seattle asking about catfish, I know it's made it." According to a recent report by the Department of Agriculture, foreigners may soon be craving their own catch of American catfish. Among the likely importers: Spain, West Germany and Japan. TRADEMARKS Tussle in Tinseltown...