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...came out to brief reporters in time for the evening news broadcasts. He said that the U.S. "is prepared to meet," not necessarily to bargain, but "to discuss negotiating approaches." He also said that the talks would explore "limitations" on antisatellite weapons, even though the Soviets are seeking an outright...
...Reagan, he contends that an outright ban on antisatellite weapons would be impossible to verify, and has pushed the idea of developing an ultra modern defense against incoming missiles. The Administration, however, was thinking about proposing some kind of limitations when the Kremlin beat it to the propaganda punch. Each side is anxious to depict the other, particularly in the eyes of Western Europeans, as being recalcitrant on the subject of arms control...
Indeed, the bill contains only a few outright increases in taxes. Three important ones: The federal tax on diesel fuel goes up 60 per gal., to 150. Owners of factories, stores, office buildings and other structures used commercially will be forced to take smaller depreciation deductions and will thus pay more to the Internal Revenue Service. So will some people who earn widely fluctuating incomes; the rules under which they can average the high earnings of a fat year with the low incomes of lean years for tax purposes will be tightened...
However noble the intention, the formula made friction almost inevitable. The burden of austerity fell heavily on those most in need of help and least able to pay the price. The history of the IMF is peppered with instances of resistance and outright hostility by would-be borrowers. Over the past decade, the problem has grown to alarming proportions. Burdened by huge oil bills, worldwide recession, slumping commodities prices and punishing interest rates, developing countries have been hurt as never before. The big debtors among them need new credits just to meet their interest payments, and most are threatened with...
After Pope John Paul II was shot in St. Peter's Square more than three years ago, Turkish Gunman Mehmet Ali Agca spun for Italian investigators a web of contradictions, phony confessions and outright lies. But one of his revelations has continued to gain ground as an explanation of the assassination attempt: Agca was hired to kill the Pope by the Bulgarian secret service and, implicitly, the KGB, the Soviet secret police...