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...there are some people who don't want a user-friendly computer. Then there are others who got stuck with an IBM compatible for other reasons. Either way, to those who cry out, "My kingdom for an A prompt," there is a way to make your computer more user friendly; although you may end up seeing less of the A prompt...
With her moral -- even moralistic -- strictness, Aquino can at times treat even her Cabinet colleagues with the kind of affectionate sternness she lavishes on her children. She allows no smoking in her office, and she expects all the President's men to be prompt and tireless. Once she told Chief Speechwriter Teodoro Locsin to dress less like a gangster. The faint air of maternalism is heightened by her habit of referring to "my people," "my Cabinet," and even, most disconcertingly, "my generals...
...Republican making the most of that opportunity is Bob Dole, Baker's successor as G.O.P. Senate leader. Well before Iranscam altered the political landscape, Dole was emerging as Bush's strongest rival. In the past seven weeks, Dole has prodded the Administration to confront the crisis with full, prompt disclosure and tried to get congressional inquiries to move quickly. Defying Congress, even to help the contras, "was just plain stupid," he said in a speech in -- where else? -- New Hampshire...
...exposure, along with virtually all of its other covert activities, the Administration seems destined to be debilitated for months to come. The realization that the scandal has a life of its own added new urgency to the maneuverings of Reagan's old California cronies (and of his wife) to prompt a housecleaning. Yet Reagan continues to resist. "If anything," said Senator Paul Laxalt, a longtime friend, after seeing Reagan early last week, "his heels are dug in even deeper than before." Don Regan, annoyed with someone who again raised the subject of his resigning, reportedly responded, "You (expletive deleted) resign...
...alternative but to revert to its more traditional limited function. Hiring individuals for the staff who understand and accept this is obviously central. Legislating formal, explicit constraints should be avoided. Just as hard cases tend to make bad law, so specific abuses of public trust ought not necessarily prompt reactions either draconian or permanent...