Word: sams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some Northwesterners and Whoops bondholders think that Uncle Sam should bail out the power system. One argument for such action is that BPA, a federal agency, encouraged Whoops to build the five nuclear plants. Energy Secretary Donald Hodel, who headed BPA from 1972 to 1977, accepts some of the blame. "We looked at the energy forecasts," he recalls, "and said, 'Jiminy crickets, the Northwest is going to run out of power.' " Nonetheless, he says, "the Administration strongly opposes any bailout, and I don't sense any sentiment for one in Congress." Opponents argue that using federal money...
...been persuasive if cerebral as a London-based coanchor; since he shifted to Washington July 4 as a substitute for Reynolds, ABC ratings have rebounded. Ted Koppel is both happy and, in ABC'S view, all but indispensable at the late-hour interview show Nightline. White House Correspondent Sam Donaldson is combative and abrasive. The other anchor in the current format, Chicago-based Max Robinson, never caught on with ABC executives and has been told he will be reassigned. The fact that Robinson is black creates diplomatic problems for ABC. But it seems not to be an issue...
Wham! He hit, and last week the retired steelworker from Harrisburg, Pa., got a check for $336,157.56 (with 20% off the top for Uncle Sam), the first of 21 annual payments. Jorich plans to use the money to buy a new Cadillac, a beach house for his wife, a college education for his granddaughter and more lottery tickets. Why? "I need pocket money...
...this proposition that indulgence will soften the hard line of Marxists is dubious in the extreme. While it has been convenient for Castro to blame his problems on a hostile "Tio Sam, "the few occasions on which the U.S. has hinted at a milder, more accommodating approach seem to have convinced him that he had won and that he could go his own way with impunity. And Castro's way, if he gets it in the long run, raises another question that the liberals tend to duck: What happens if the momentum of change in Latin America confronts...
...successful negotiation between Japanese and Western businessmen usually ends up looking very much like one between two Japanese. The visiting executive never lets on what he is really thinking, has unending patience, and is unfailingly polite. In short, he acts very Japanese. -By John Greenwald. Reported by Sam Allis/Houston and Adam Zagorin/New York