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...cutting military spending. The Secretary's credibility on Capitol Hill has shrunk to the point where Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Barry Goldwater bluntly told Weinberger at his most recent appearance, "You haven't answered any of our questions." Yet Reagan seemingly retains faith in his longtime and unquestionably loyal associate. When asked in Geneva whether he had any plans to fire Weinberger, the President responded with a blunt "Hell, no!" That is the only correspondence Weinberger needs to remain a member of the Reagan team. --By William R. Doerner. Reported by Bruce van Voorst/Washington
...anticipation that retired Air Force Colonel David Antoon and his son Ryan, 18, arrived last year at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., for an orientation for accepted students. But their pride soon turned to perplexity. On the schedule was a visit to the school chapel. A loyal alumnus, Antoon remembered academy chaplains as a low-key group who made no attempt to press their brand of faith on others. But that day, before a crowd that probably included future cadets of all creeds, the chaplain at the microphone boasted about the huge popularity of Christian Bible studies...
...although she has not indulged personally in politics, she remains loyal to the Kennedy clan...
...Communist cause after a meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong in 1944. Often the country's only English-language booster during its years of isolation, he edited the magazine China Today and wrote books like 1947's The Unfinished Revolution in China, becoming a Chinese citizen and remaining a loyal Party member even after his imprisonment during the Cultural Revolution. On the eve of his 90th birthday in April, Premier Hu Jintao praised Epstein for his "sincere affection for China and the Chinese people...
...faculty members by students themselves. Across the country, Shi'ite students have demanded the ouster of Sunni teachers, especially those who were senior members of the Baath Party during Saddam's rule. Many professors protest that they were forced to join the party, but some students suspect they remain loyal to Saddam and favor like-minded pupils. "There are still professors here who openly praise the previous regime and encourage [Sunni] students to sing songs about Saddam," says Haider, a Shi'ite pharmacy student at the University of Baghdad. "Such people should be driven out of the universities." Attitudes like...