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Gromyko spoke before the assembly the next day. Evoking memories of the icy rhetoric of the cold war, the Soviet minister caustically attacked U.S. policies around the globe, including its "imperialist interference" in El Salvador. He charged that the U.S. Rapid Deployment Force, designed for quick military action around the world, was "nothing but a policeman's billy club." Noting the contrast between Haig's blandness and Gromyko's bellicosity, French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson quipped that the talks had been given by "Mr. Haig and General Gromyko...
...President and Secretary of State Alexander Haig have said to date, that Israel is a key, if not the central, player in our strategic planning for the Middle East, and, accordingly, full military and economic assistance is a high priority. This does not preclude the Administration from pressing for rapid establishment of a self-governing authority on the West Bank and in Gaza by aiding and assisting the parties to the autonomy talks; nor does it preclude criticism of Israel as to new settlements...
...signs lead to a drugstore and soda fountain three-quarters of a block long that has grown into an oasis of friendly commercial hurdy-gurdy in the middle of the sparse prairie. The Wall Drug Store in Wall, S.Dak. (pop. 800), 50 miles east of Rapid City, is a three-generation family business that this year celebrates its 50th anniversary. Its standing offer of free ice water, and coffee for 5?-as much as you can drink of both-helps attract as many as 20,000 customers on a busy summer day, maybe a million a year...
Early hopes that the Pope would make a rapid and complete recovery from the assassination attempt had faded when he was forced to return to the hospital last June. Though Gemelli doctors reported that John Paul was gaining in his battle with cytomegalovirus, an infection similar to mononucleosis, rumors persisted that he was more seriously ill than either hospital or Vatican officials were willing to admit. In a prerecorded television address to the International Eucharistic Conference in Lourdes last month, John Paul appeared as a wan reflection of his former robust self. Hunched over a table, his face pale...
...baby-boom generation retires, there will be more than 50 retirees for every 100 people at work. Today there are fewer than 35. This 50% increase in the relative number of retirees will require a 50% increase in the payroll tax rate unless the benefit rules are changed. The rapid future growth of benefits will eventually require payroll tax rates of more than 20% and perhaps even higher than 30%. Adding such a payroll tax to federal and state income taxes would mean that most American families would face tax rates of more than...