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...soundness. One Reagan aide claimed that the new President would not have made a similar deal. Asked if Carter had given away too much, the official replied: "Yes. The initial mistake made by Carter was to say that the U.S. would not negotiate with barbarians and then promptly proceed to negotiate with them. That was wrong. This Administration will not negotiate with barbarians or terrorists...
Willie says he cannot predict how desegregation efforts will proceed under President Reagan's administration. He does admit, though, that "the new administration will take positive action only if it contains people who have first-hand knowledge of minorities"--knowledge most new appointees sorely lack. What's more, minorities must still have the resolve to fight for integration, even though they know they fact a time-consuming and painful struggle, Willie says...
...strike was not halted by any secret deal. At a summit meeting in Dublin earlier this month Thatcher and Haughey had agreed on how to proceed. The striking prisoners were then sent a 32-page British position paper that made it clear that London would never grant them political status. The document, however, did indicate that Britain was prepared to consider prison reforms once the fast had ended. There was a hint that some of the strikers' other demands -such as the right to wear civilian clothes -might in the end be granted...
...quickly find yourself in a land of buttes and canyons and endless sky, with gophers and prairie dogs scampering across the two-lane road and magpies fluttering overhead. Go down into southeastern Utah and head toward Moab. Take a right at the entrance to Canyonlands National Park and proceed along the paved road until it turns into a red clay rut. You are going along at 30 miles an hour, then 20, then 15. The road dips and rises, twists and turns. The car clatters, the body shakes. Finally, Grand View Point comes in sight. Walk to the edge...
Polls showed Soares Carneiro trailing Eanes 2 to 1 before the crash. After it, all parties agreed that Sunday's elections should proceed as scheduled, probably because none could really assess what effect the accident might have on the outcome...