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...picture of a troubled political system in the heat of a budget crisis, TIME focused on Congress and Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker. To flesh out the picture, our Washington Bureau filed thousands of words to New York, where National Editor John Elson oversaw the project. Senior Writer Ed Magnuson handled the main story on Congress, and Associate Editor Walter Isaacson the portrait of Baker. Senior Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil, who has been covering the House and Senate for 33 years, and Correspondent Evan Thomas, who began his assignment on the Hill just last October after two years covering...
...failure some place in the world, we'll look back on this as a good year." American farmers may be the "miracle workers of the Western world," as President Reagan proudly says, but now many are hoping that the fates will work a miracle for them. -by Ed Magnuson. Reported by Gisela Bolte/Washington and Lee Griggs/Chicago
...prompt recovery from the deepening recession. Convinced that those huge deficits will keep interest rates high, businessmen are thus far unwilling to bet their buck on new investments and expanded production. Washington's waiting game, in short, carries risks that are not just political. -By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Laurence I. Barrett and Neil MacNeil/Washington
Newer firms, such as Amdahl, Magnuson and National Advanced Systems, have become strong competitors at the big end of the market. Digital Equipment, Data General and Datapoint are leading companies in the minicomputer part of the business. Meanwhile, such firms as Apple and Tandy are running away with the small-computer market. Indeed, IBM was late to recognize the potential of personal computers, and introduced its first entrant into the field only last summer...
...controls, wedging myself between the pilot's control yoke and the pilot. We'd all be gone in about a minute and a half." Some of the unfortunate former officials portrayed in Witness to Power may wish that Ehrlichman had not dismissed the idea. -By Ed Magnuson...