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While Iran threatens to remain a blot on Casey's record, many in Washington agree that the former Director revived an agency demoralized by budget cuts and scandal. His clout with the President helped to triple the CIA budget and elevate the Director of Central Intelligence to Cabinet rank. As Director, Casey also achieved greater cooperation than ever before among the nation's eleven intelligence organizations...
High corporate rank has provided no immunity from the restructuring effort that has taken place so far. "The efficiency problem," Darman points out, "is a white-collar problem even more than a blue-collar problem." Between 1983 and 1987, some 600,000 to 1.2 million middle- and upper-level executives with annual salaries of $40,000 or more lost their jobs. An additional 200,000 to 300,000 such executives are expected to receive pink slips over the next two years...
...three new studies carried out by Stevenson and by University of Illinois Education Professor Kenneth Travers -- at least in comparison with other countries. U.S. school youngsters, the studies found, rank low among 20-odd nations in mathematical skills from Grades 1 through 12. Among the key points of the three studies, which were the focus of a symposium convened in Washington last week by the National Research Council...
With its critical, popular and insider acclaim swelling, Platoon began to shoulder its way toward the front rank of Oscar favorites. By now it would have to be counted as the front runner, and Hollywood is furrowing its back with self-congratulatory pats for making this big bold message movie. To Stone, Hollywood's claim of paternity for Platoon must seem a rich joke. He and Hollywood both know that Platoon -- like The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, The Boys in Company C, The Killing Fields and nearly all the serious movies about the war in Southeast Asia -- secured its major...
...While the concept of a student activities center will be considered in the context of the Faculty's overall needs, it will be a long time before there is any indication of whether such a facility is an appropriate adjunct to the house system, or how high it might rank on the long list of priorities for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the College...