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...President's mind. He did not want to belabor the issue for fear of stiffening Soviet resistance. But in the privacy of a small sitting room in the Soviet mission, he told Gorbachev that if the Soviets truly want to improve relations with the U.S., they must repair their record on individual freedom. It is morally repugnant to the U.S., "a nation of immigrants," to see Soviets unable to leave their own country, Reagan said. And it is politically untenable for American leaders to make deals with the Soviet Union as long as Jews and dissidents are imprisoned...
...relief effort was bolstered by an outpouring of $50 million in aid and assistance from foreign governments and organizations. The U.S. has spent $2.5 million for such items as blankets, tents, generators and disaster relief teams. The Colombian government allocated $5 million to repair washed-out roads and bridges that had been in the path of the mudslides. An additional $2.5 million was earmarked to fix fractured oil pipelines. On Wednesday, President Betancur announced that the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank had awarded Colombia loans of $1.2 billion for reconstruction...
...pushed carriers into unsafe procedures. Says Donald Engen, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration: "We are beginning to wonder whether economic deregulation may have led to maintenance practices that would justify certain fears." Problems that worry him range from the falsification of records to the use of improper repair parts...
Even the newest equipment can fail, however, if it is not properly repaired and maintained. The 747 that struck a mountain in Japan apparently lost control of its rear navigation system. Boeing has since acknowledged that a repair of the back hull, which it performed seven years before the accident, was improperly done. In view of that, the FAA ordered immediate reinspection of all similar repairs. The agency has been cracking down on improper maintenance practices. Says Engen: "In the past two years, we have put on the ground, or severely restrained, 52 airlines." A grounded carrier may not legally...
...wish to influence public opinion should be writing essays and editorials; journalists who report news need to stick to the facts. Today's journalists seem to blur the distinction between news and opinion. Joseph K. Valaitis Brecksville, Ohio, U.S. White House spokesman Scott McClellan's call for Newsweek to "repair the damage" rang hollow. It's the White House that should repair the damage done to the U.S. by the war in Iraq. What about the suffering of the families of U.S. service members who lost their lives? It is time for Americans, regardless of political party, to demand that...