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...show also illustrates the way leaders must expect the unexpected and not always believe what they hear. The Soviet side is distressed as Washington gets mired in the constitutional procedures for authorizing the next in line -- the Speaker of the House -- to act as President. Later, the American team is incensed by an intelligence report, which proves to be erroneous, that the Afghan army has fired Soviet missiles armed with chemical warheads into mujahedin refugee camps in Pakistan...
...latest postponement appears to be a heavy blow. But the industry professes to be unperturbed. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has said it will not delay licensing future nuclear plants as long as it looks as if a waste repository will be in operation within the first quarter of the next century. Given the Government's record so far, even that target may prove to be a problematic...
...Fifth Avenue, boasts crystal chandeliers and parquet floors, lofty ceilings and broad aisles. B. Altman, with its 124-year-old reputation for quality and gentility, is going out of business. Six of Altman's seven stores, situated mostly in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, will be shuttered next month because its current owners were unable to attract any suitable bids during its six weeks on the block. Though the chain was long past its glory years, it finally expired at the hands of George Herscu, an overleveraged Australian corporate raider whose L.J. Hooker Corp. bought B. Altman...
...Altman's devotees. "I'll be very sorry to see it go," said G.V. Biden, a customer since 1951. As shoppers last week scouted for bargains among Ralph Lauren shirts and Anne Klein coats, some decided to hold out for even steeper discounts. Sigoloff concedes that in the next few weeks "you'll see some serious price cutting as we try to move the older B. Altman inventory." GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, blared the bright red signs scattered throughout the old emporium. CLOSING OUR DOORS FOREVER...
...morally wrong for Ambassador Platt to take sides because it will mean more bloodshed." Saving democracy may be its own reward, but for the U.S., this rescue could have long-term costs. Now that Washington has used force to prop up the Aquino regime, will anything less do the next time a threat arises...