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...likes to be misquoted, as I believe I was in your story on David Stockman's resignation [NATION, July 22]. As a person who served under President Reagan, I especially object to TIME's misquote that has me denigrating the President as a "simpleminded conservative." TIME's quote is a composite, pieced together from answers to different questions. I never said anything like the quote attributed to me. Neither was I "fuming" when I explained to your reporter that I thought Budget Director Stockman undercut his own budgets by taking extreme positions that lacked credibility in the Congress...
...producer: "If he starts to let his personal convictions affect what pictures get made or what themes they have, he will drive the company into the ground." Maybe so, but it was not Turner who said, "Public morality is a very important factor on the screen. I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom." That was Samuel Goldwyn, and his philosophy helped produce MGM's golden era. --By Janice Castro. Reported by Denise Worrell/Los Angeles, with other bureaus...
...determine if a button or sextant is permeable, the investigators place the object in a container filled with neon, then later examine the item with a mass spectrometer to see if neon has entered it. If the object proves snug, its carbon dioxide is analyzed. Such an operation may require drilling a small hole through the antique object, but surprisingly, museum curators have not protested. Says Ogard: "Most have said it's fine as long as it's not in an obvious place...
...multinational banks to discuss repayment of South Africa's $14 billion in short-term foreign debt. The government froze payments on the debt seven weeks ago after many banks, fearful that racial violence would destroy the economy, cut off credit. Sources close to the meetings said their object was to find a way to restore South Africa's credit lines so it can renew normal international commerce and begin debt repayment. South African officials, the sources said, are well aware that the debt problem cannot be resolved without movement toward political reform...
After 56 years of quiet business, the AID Insurance Co. recently found itself the object of unwelcome attention. No matter that there is no connection between the company (1984 sales: $169 million) and the dread disease acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). "The associations are incredibly unpleasant for us," said AID Insurance President John Evans. "We didn't see it getting any better...