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Contrary to the statement by one of his aides that the President "is an optimist," I say that Reagan does not come close to fitting this description. The President fears that an enemy will subdue the country or blow us up. As a result, he insists that we join him in this all-consuming dread. He could not possibly be considered an optimist...
...cheap, easily obtainable parts. It takes just 40 screws and 68 minutes to assemble an Osborne 1. Says a company executive: "We've out-Japanesed the Japanese." In fact, the Osborne is so successful that it is spawning imitators, some perhaps better than the original. Ever the optimist, Osborne is preparing to counter with a new portable. Asked about one possible rival from a new Texas firm, he replies, "We'll kill that machine dead, dead, dead...
...moved by interesting questions or things that impress me," he wrote. "I prefer dealing with people to solitude, but once in a while I appreciate being alone with myself and my reflections. I have always been concerned with equilibrium and avoiding easy irritation or depression. I am fundamentally an optimist...
...Portillo too was an optimist. When he took power in 1976, inflation was 30%, and Mexico already owed some $20 billion to foreign banks. But geologists were discovering that in vast fields located in Chiapas and Tabasco states, as well as off the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico possessed proven oil and gas reserves that are now estimated to total 72 billion bbl., second only to Saudi Arabia. The fields were quickly exploited, and by 1981 Mexico was pumping 2.5 million bbl. per day, making it the world's fourth largest oil producer. Mexico earned $14 billion from its wells...
...President needs to be an optimist. Ford: "You just can't sit back and say this is wrong, it is terrible, that is wrong... and I can't do anything about it." But the President should not be so optimistic that he cannot face unpleasant facts, and spot them early. Reagan doesn't seem to have much of a built-in early-warning system, and neither did Carter...