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Rebuffed by Alison and bummed by Ivy life in general, Gib, tantalized by his best friend lance's tales of a sexual sure thing ("Every relationship begins with a one-night stand") decides to head for the robust UCIA beauty. Since Alison is on her way to swap law articles with her similarly situated boy friend, the pair end up hitching their way to California together, a la It Happened One Night. Somewhere between playing a madman psychotic to scare a lecherous truck driver off of Alison and trying to identify the three categories of junk food. John Cusack manages...
...different technologies eventually would probably be used in combination. But, of course, the systems will develop at different speeds, assuming all or any prove feasible. Air Force Lieut. General James Abrahamson, who heads the Pentagon Strategic Defense Initiative Office, foresees a three-stage development: initial deployment of a "robust" defense, presumably relying mainly on kinetic-energy devices, to be started only if and when R. and D. indicates that a second and then a third generation of more sophisticated weapons will follow in not too many years...
Afterward, the Prime Minister lunched at the White House with Reagan. The two friends discussed a range of issues, including the prickly matter of the robust dollar and the weakening pound. But Thatcher refrained from asking Reagan to adopt measures that could remedy what the British view as a crippling exchange rate. "Thatcher knows there isn't that much we can do," said White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan. "The dollar has hurt the pound, but it has also helped British exports...
...Alabama was then some 400 copies, out of a total circulation of 650,000, and the suits were clearly intended to discourage the national news media from covering the turmoil in the South. In a unanimous 1964 ruling, the Supreme Court wrote of the paramount importance of "uninhibited, robust, and wide-open" discussion, praised the unique role of the press in fostering free debate, and threw out an earlier state court verdict won by an Alabama plaintiff...
...news conference, Reagan called spending cuts an "economic necessity" if robust growth is to continue. He gave a high priority to "a sweeping program of tax simplification and reform," calling it "historic legislation (that) can and should be passed this year." Although quibbling with some of its provisions, he spoke favorably of a Treasury plan that would cut income tax rates sharply for both individuals and businesses, while forcing companies that "are not now paying taxes at all, or paying very little" to cough up "their fair share...