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...final electronic indignity came at the end of Young's textbook landing. As the orbiter's nose thudded to rest on its front landing gear, the No. 2 computer shut down again. The following day NASA announced it would not sanction the next shuttle flight, scheduled for Jan. 30, until the computer difficulties are resolved...
...talk about the budget and snidely asserted that Feldstein might not "make it to dessert." Richard G. Darman, another White House aide joined the baiting when he sent Speakes a note during the conference implying the meal was the chairman's "last supper." Though Reagan himself did not sanction the performance--he was reportedly furious about it--he conspicuously did not rush to Feldstein's defense. And Reagan's willingness to allow advisers to humiliate Feldstein while keeping him on is inappropriate...
...these were peripheral issues, and they would remain so. The central sticking point was that the Soviets showed no inclination to sanction the deployment of any new U.S. missiles in Western Europe and the Reagan Administration, by holding firm to the zero option, was not willing to let the Soviets keep any SS-20s anywhere in the U.S.S.R...
...limited and well-screened press-conferences and seems to feel that all the press is owed is statements, not explanations. He triex, through his television appearances, to be his own press expecting that the public will view the newspapers as some from of Democratic faction, since it refuses to sanction his activities...
...opening attack was not thought out, his recantation on Grenada was ludicrous. The letter of apology to the First Lady was certainly warranted, but the Speaker's unquestioned sanction of Grenada is incomprehensible. Perhaps the Congressional fact-finding mission discovered something on Grenada that the public does not know. That would be easy since all we really know is that ABC's poll found Grenadians happy that we invaded. One hopes that the Speaker doesn't plan to begin running his foreign policy on the advice of ABC. Does the country's most prominent Democrat really want to stand behind...