Word: pacificism
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Lucky, having outgrown the White House, began an unfettered life among the cedar trees on Reagan's 688 acres above the Pacific. The President called it "dog heaven." Likewise, Reagan was entering, at least for the moment, some kind of political Promised Land. Wirthlin's findings showed Americans gave Reagan...
Buckley provided evidence of that earlier this year while vacationing aboard a yacht off the Pacific island of Bora-Bora. With the help of an Epson PX-8 lap-size machine, he fired off a 7,500-word draft of a children's book in two hours, a feat that...
In Asia, however, there are two complicating factors. Some countries, notably Indonesia, fear that a strong, modern China may eventually try to reduce them to a kind of political vassalage. A much more immediate consideration: China is already becoming a powerful economic competitor for such industrializing Pacific Rim countries as...
The surge in traffic was fostered by deregulation, which made it possible for entrepreneurs to launch new carriers and set their own prices. About 100 airlines now fly interstate routes, compared with 36 in 1978. In addition to People Express, many other new entries have had impressive takeoffs. New York...
Another subject that raises questions is U.S. air-traffic controllers. "We're on the border in air-traffic control," says Russell Ray Jr., president of San Diego-based Pacific Southwest Airlines (P.S.A.). "It's getting close." Some 14,000 controllers now direct U.S. air travel, down 13% from the size...