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...people, "let's do it right" This ability to act boldly at critical moments is what has gained Reagan such dramatic political victories in Washington. Passage of the tax measure is not going to dispel the crisis. By November there must be moves to cut the budget more, plug other...
...leaks flow through known, but hard-to-plug, channels. Highly paid operatives may buy equipment from unwitting U.S. firms and ship it to Communist countries through foreign shell companies. Or thieves with no direct interest in espionage may steal advanced electronic gear from manufacturers and sell it to underground dealers in Southern California. They, in turn, offer it to all comers, with no questions asked. In one ingenious act of deception, Soviet engineers touring an aircraft plant reportedly wore sticky shoes that picked up metal filings that could later be analyzed...
...year, dividing her time between ritualistic repetitions of the phrase "This hasn't happened to me" and harsh daydreams of revenge against the man who gave her the disease. She stopped wearing makeup, ironing her clothes and shaving her legs. "I felt as though someone had pulled the plug," she says, "and let all my sexuality and self-confidence swirl down the drain...
...congressional amendment has the vigorous support of Ronald Reagan. The President last week pressed hard for it and another favorite idea, his New Federalism program; he journeyed to Baltimore to plug that plan at a gathering of county officials and found himself hugging a gag gift of a stuffed "presidential seal." But his mood was stern in the White House Rose Garden, where he told reporters after a meeting with amendment supporters: "We must not, and we will not, permit prospects for lasting economic recovery to be buried beneath an endless tide of red ink." Reagan this week plans...
...attracting students is to give them specific activities they can plug into and now we have those things," Lisa Quiroz '83, who is supervising summer publicity for the organization, said yesterday...