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...complicated, in spite of the decisive action of the Swiss. "Some people talk about $79.4 million here in Switzerland, some talk about $1 billion," said Hans Mast, an executive vice president of Credit Suisse. "But how do you identify deposits as Marcos' assets?" Even if the Aquino government does pinpoint the holdings, it is unlikely to recover them until it has proved conclusively that they were illegally obtained, according to both Swiss and Philippine...
Enter Midgetman, the one-warhead missile recommended in 1983 by a presidential commission headed by onetime National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft. At 38,000 lbs., it would be small enough to be hauled around by a trucklike vehicle. The Soviets could never pinpoint its location, and to destroy the entire area over which 500 or so Midgetmen might roam would require launching nearly every warhead at the Kremlin's command. Congress and the Administration embraced Midgetman, and the Air Force produced a design. The fiscal 1987 budget proposes spending $1.4 billion, double this year's figure, for development...
...speakers--a psychiatry professor, a state human services official and the director of the state's homeless coalition--disagreed on Massachusetts' effectiveness in combatting the problem, but agreed the extent of homelessness is impossible to pinpoint...
...President, guests took turns heartily congratulating him for the bold midair interception of the four Palestinian hijackers of the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro. In Boise, admiring supporters erupted in cheers as Reagan declared he was "most proud" of the U.S. Navy F-14 pilots who were able to pinpoint their EgyptAir Boeing 737 target in the Mediterranean darkness and, as he put it puckishly, "persuade" it to land in Italy. His declaration that "there is a new patriotism alive in our country" reflected the widespread joy felt by the American public at finally getting a chance to strike back...
...Crotty, a spokesman for the Office of Refugee Resettlement, a state agency that will oversee the implementation of the governor's order, was unable to pinpoint exactly which, if any, services would be affected...