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Democratic Senator Dennis DeConcini and Republicans Jesse Helms, Alfonse D'Amato and Pete Wilson urged George Bush and Baker to name Von Raab drug czar or at least reward him with an ambassadorship. They were rebuffed. But Von Raab's highly public parting shots may soon give Bush reason to wish he had kept his audacious Customs commissioner inside the tent...
...week's action will ultimately lead to actual secession from the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet seems powerfully aware of the danger. Although the enabling laws granting autonomy to the republics will not be submitted to the Parliament until October, other aggrieved national groups are already eyeing the same reward. Delegates from the Ukraine have expressed interest in the proposal, and Moscow Deputy Fyodor Burlatsky suggested that the "historic" experiment on the Baltic might provide a model for all 15 Soviet republics...
WHEN given the opportunity in Poland and Hungary to reward the first signs of democratization in two socialist countries, crowds cheered him during his speeches. But Bush's initiatives failed to impress...
People respond to incentives. Reward them for producing the most possible shoes, and they will produce a huge number of identical small shoes -- identical, because it's easier; small, because they can get more shoes out of a given supply of leather. The only way to produce exactly the shoes people want, or close to it, is to place the order through the free market...
...choicest plums in Government is a diplomatic posting in an agreeable locale. And what a pleasant task it is for a new President to reward old friends and fat-cat party contributors by handing out such assignments. Judging from the appointments he made during his first six months in the White House, George Bush must be finding that task very pleasant indeed. A study by Government Executive magazine, a journal serving public officials, found that of Bush's first 37 ambassadorial nominations, 70% have been political appointees rather than career Foreign Service officers. That compares with 59% for Ronald Reagan...