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...with radar surveillance, communications hardware and help in planning raids on traffickers. What, then, makes the new directive significant? ''The greatest impact may be one of emphasis,'' said Bush Aide Kevin Cummings. ''We now have a forthright identification of the problem as a national-security concern.'' That could encourage local military commanders, who have discretion over what personnel can be assigned to any given operation, to be more forthcoming when assistance is requested by DEA or the Coast Guard. In addition, some observers suspected that Bush, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, had more personal motives...
...them.'' According to one American official, the U.S. might provide financial assistance more readily if Mexico provides increased assistance in the war against drugs. As it is, the country now accounts for roughly one-third of all the heroin and marijuana imported into the U.S. Many in Washington believe local Mexican authorities not only assist in the traffic but also appear to have protected those who carried out the brutal murder last year of Enrique Camarena Salazar, an American Drug Enforcement Administration agent. U.S. concern was hardly soothed when Mexican Foreign Secretary Bernardo Sepulveda Amor shrugged off the incident...
...transplant at Loma Linda, the only institution in the area that performs such surgery on infants, doctors said Jesse would die in a matter of weeks. The impending tragedy had the makings of a front-page story, which it quickly became. With help from a family priest and a local right-to-life group, a press conference was arranged that brought instant national attention to Jesse's plight. ''We had an outrageous violation of civil rights here,'' charged Right-to-Life Spokeswoman Susan Carpenter McMillan. The resulting outcry led Loma Linda to make a deal: if Jesse's parents surrendered...
...callers have long been able to hear everything from sports highlights to heavy-breathing aural sex. Add another service to the list: a menu of interest rates by phone. A consumer calling the Answer Quest telephone service in Los Angeles or Detroit can get recorded messages on the best local interest rates for mortgages, commercial real estate, car loans and CDs, or on current precious-metal prices--each for $2. For an additional $2, Answer Quest offers selective ''financial hot tips,'' like how to pick a stockbroker...
...Southern Baptist seminaries and agencies, replacing moderates (as terms expire) with conservatives. Rogers' election ensures that by 1990 Fundamentalists will control most boards and be in a position to remove instructors and other employees with less hard-line views. With his preacher's butter-smooth baritone and a thriving local church, Rogers, 54, made a compelling candidate. He had already served as president for a year; his election in 1979 signaled the start of the Fundamentalist surge. ''The word of God,'' says Rogers, ''is not up for a vote.'' He insists, for example, that Adam and Eve were directly created...