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...experts believe that Moscow was not too seriously upset. Teng apparently took care to say nothing that the Russians had not already heard from him. Said one State Department analyst: "Teng had it figured just about right; he knew what would play and what wouldn't." As a result, Moscow only mildly rebuked the U.S. Charged Pravda (inaccurately): "No one [in America] objected to the malicious anti-Soviet insinuations." Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin added his own complaint that Washington had not "refuted" Teng's "outrageous" statements. A more substantial Soviet reaction to Teng's visit could...
Viet Nam veterans in the past have used their wartime neuroses to upgrade their discharges from dishonorable to honorable. But the Coughlin case now demonstrates that in a criminal proceeding, the psychological disorders specifically attributable to Viet Nam combat experience can result in the dismissal of charges. This move could have far-reaching effects...
First came an announcement by the U.S. Defense Department that upwards of $7 billion in military sales contracts with Iran had been canceled by mutual agreement as a result of the continuing strife in the country and spreading Iranian hostility to U.S. weapons sales. The disclosure, which affects some of the nation's largest defense suppliers, including General Dynamics, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, Litton Industries and Textron's Bell Helicopter division, was shock enough. But even as businessmen wondered if additional deals were about to collapse, Energy Secretary James Schlesinger brought up an even gloomier subject: the increasing chances...
...combination, the arrangements as-,ure that no defense supplier will suffer out-of-pocket losses as a result of the Ira nian cutbacks. On the other hand, the potential loss of Iran as a market for U.S. arms sales means that weapons makers will have to look elsewhere for business, and that raises the prospect of some potentially explosive competition for customers in the 1980s...
...S.R.O. audience was Paul Pasquarosa, a devotee of "The Way," a zealous anti-Trinitarian group, who says that Patrick slashed at him repeatedly with a straight-edged razor at a December deprogramming in Massachusetts. As a result, Patrick, who has served time elsewhere, has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon...