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...unemployment rate reached the highest level since August 1941. In April 10.3 million Americans, or 9.4% of the labor force, were actively looking for work. That is an increase from 9% in March. When the Reagan Administration took office in January 1981, un employment stood at 7.4%. Sensing a potent political issue, House Democrats last week proposed to create a $2 billion jobs program...
...followed Reagan throughout his political career has held to date in foreign policy. No situation has gone beyond a point of no return. Indeed, the U.S. and the world may yet muddle past the menaces that last week were pressing in on every side. But the week was a potent reminder of how ominous and difficult to control events have become...
...need to make your own weapons today: the world is filled with arms merchants who are happy to oblige any customers. Argentina is a classic example of a country with a modest arms industry of its own but a large and potent, if somewhat obsolescent, arsenal of weapons purchased almost exclusively from Western nations. Ironically, virtually all of Argentina's main weapons have been supplied by Britain or Britain's NATO allies. No major orders have gone to the Soviet Union...
Pincince may be right, but few of his fellow coaches would consider his pitching staff a problem. Tracy Dickerman has thrown 72 innings for the Bruins and recently held a potent University of Connecticut lineup to three runs...
...flatlands, many mired in sand softened by March rains. A charred radar dish was draped with a poster of Khomeini and banners that proclaimed GOD is GREAT! Fired by religious fervor and a belief in the rightness of their cause, Iranian soldiers have proved to be a far more potent fighting force than Saddam Hussein expected. "When you believe in God, you win," said a young fighter pilot who, like many Iranians, had been trained in the U.S.; he still wore a breast patch from Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio, Texas. The Iranians have also worked something...