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...same day, President Reagan called the proposal something "to be considered," although it "would require consultation with all our allies in NATO." Reagan declared that he would "welcome" a meeting with Andropov, but only after careful preparation. The President's tone contrasted noticeably with the Administration's outright rejection three weeks ago of an Andropov offer to reduce the number of Soviet nuclear missiles aimed at Western Europe, from an estimated 250 to 162, the number that Britain and France now have in their independent nuclear arsenals. At that time, Reagan outspokenly stuck to the U.S. position...
Since then, two-way research pacts with private industry as opposed to outright gifts, with no strings attached have been handled by the University on a case-by-case basis. Without a consistent policy, officials say, this approach has resulted in many hours of complex discussions regarding principles that shouldn't be subject to negotiation...
...face of shrinking demand sent shock waves out through virtually all of heavy manufacturing. International Harvester Co. of Chicago (1981 sales: $7 billion), already deeply in debt to banks across the country because it borrowed to stay afloat as sales plummeted, teetered throughout the year on the brink of outright collapse, surviving on credits from reluctant bankers and suppliers. Hardest hit of all in the downturn were the nation's producers of basic metals such as steel and copper. As demand for metals lurched lower and layoffs swelled, the once pulsing industrial belt that stretches from Illinois across...
...share prices stayed steady during the year, other blue chips performed spectacularly. Sensing in mid-August that the Federal Reserve Board was beginning to ease its tight-money policy in an effort to stimulate growth in the economy and prevent the recession from turning into outright depression, investors surged into the market, sending the widely watched Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks on the most explosive upward ride in Wall Street history. By last week the Dow stood at 1012, a 30% climb from its summer low of 777. Bond prices also soared, with 30-year Treasuries climbing some...
...demonization of the Soviet enemy and the militarization of the American response have reached their apotheosis in the Reagan Administration. It sometimes seems to Kennan that we are "already in a state of undeclared war-an undeclared war pursued in anticipation of an outright one now regarded as inevitable...