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...with a crucial mid-term election only six weeks away, the Democrats have used the confirmation of Feldstein as a lightning rod for their criticisms of Reagan's economic policies--the major theme of the campaign...
Researchers at Savannah River and Sandia also conduct extensive work for non-military purposes. Sandia, for example, oversees a large solar energy program, and its nuclear programs have civilian as well as defense applications, says Rod Geer, a spokesman for the labs. Du Pont uses nuclear materials at Savannah River for testing cancer therapy...
What has made the L.S.G. a lightning rod for the right is not its effectiveness in executing strategy but its success in moderating Reagan's policies. "A number of people thought there was a great distance between formulating policy and implementing it," says a key member of Baker's group. "That is a preposterous notion." In fact, most of the major initiatives of any Administration have to be modified and compromised as they are translated into legislation. Admits Meese's top deputy, James Jenkins: "The L.S.G. can make the work of the Cabinet councils unrecognizable." This...
Researchers at Savannah River and Sandia also conduct extensive work for non-military purposes Sandia, for example, oversees a large solar energy program, and its nuclear programs have civilian, as well as defense applications, says Rod Geer, a spokesman for the labs. Du Pont uses nuclear materials at Savannah River for testing cancer therapy...
...Flaherty and others point out, the ACSR makes it impossible for the Corporation to ignore moral considerations in investment policy. This is especially crucial in times, such as now, of low student interest in investment issues. Propp says in addition that the advisory committee can serve as a "lighting rod" for student concerns. "The existence of the ACSR has prevented the Corporation from sweeping [moral issues] under the carpet" he says...