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...more sophisticated. WHAT HOLDS BACK PROGRESS AT THE GENEVA TALKS? queried the headline. In four columns of dull gray type, paid for by the Soviet embassy in Washington, an editorial reprinted from Pravda accused the U.S. of torpedoing arms control by stubbornly forging ahead with Star Wars, the Reagan Administration's plan to build a space-based umbrella against nuclear attack...
...draft amendment reflects the Reagan Administration's concern that firms are engaging in "reverse discrimination" to meet numerical goals. As leaked to reporters last week, the proposed revision states that the order does not require businesses "to utilize any numerical quota, goal or ratio, or otherwise to discriminate against or grant any preference to any individual or group on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." It adds that "a failure to adopt or attain any statistical measures" would not, by itself, be wrong...
...President Reagan came up here when Howard Baker was leader, and Howard showed him the view," says Dole, sweeping aside the curtains behind his desk and revealing through repairmen's scaffolding the marbled city below with its great avenues running toward the White House. "'Mr. President, this is the best view in town,' Howard said. The President looked at him and answered, 'No, Howard, it is the second-best view...
...interest in congressional campaigns is directly linked to one of Ronald Reagan's pet projects, tax reform. The largest PAC contributors are usually the energy, real estate, banking and insurance industries, all of which benefit from tax breaks threatened by some of the tax plans under consideration. Not surprisingly, Oregon's Bob Packwood, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has received the most enthusiastic support: $2.6 million so far, $691,000 of it PAC money. Common Cause President Fred Wertheimer notes that PACS have donated $3.7 million to the 56 members of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance...
That injunction had a painful ring for the Reagan Administration, which, despite growing criticism, has clung to its soft-spoken policy of "constructive engagement," an attempt to persuade rather than to pressure. In private, Administration officials expressed their disappointment with Botha's speech, though National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane called the Durban address an "important statement." The Administration was studying it carefully, he said, noting that several ideas in the speech "must be clarified." The same message came from Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker, who suggested that Botha's remarks were "written in a code language...