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...deserted corner of the Senate dining room one evening last week. A busy day was ebbing for "Scoop," co-sponsor with Virginia's John Warner of a new proposal for a freeze and reduction of nuclear weapons. A Rumanian delegation was waiting nervously outside to shake his hand. Aides scurried in and out, whispering to the Senator about committee votes on whether to authorize new nuclear aircraft carriers...
...assertiveness dates from the four-nation summit of NATO members called by former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in Guadeloupe in 1979 to address the West's defense problems. But Italy was not invited. That humiliation produced lingering resentment and a determination to shake off Italy's image as an inconsequential nation...
Last week Marks, 55, who has a reputation as a responsible and intelligent member of the House, tried to shake that guilt. In a rambling but barbed half-hour address to a nearly empty chamber, he bitingly assailed Reaganomics. "Mr. Speaker," he said to Democrat Tip O'Neill, who listened with unusual attentiveness, "the time has come to stop this massacre. . . The time is now to call out to thinking women and men everywhere to raise their voices against this murderous mandate that is being carried...
KILLER SALT screams the book cover from a huge display of volumes with titles like Shake the Salt Habit!, Cooking Without a Grain of Salt and Halt! No Salt. These days they are selling in the the hundreds of thousands...
...understood. Hayes already points to some victories. When the FDA first announced the crusade last April, only 13% of FDA-regulated food was labeled for sodium. Hayes expects that one-third to one-half will be by year's end. General Foods has already sodium-labeled its Shake 'n Bake, Post cereals and Birds Eye frozen vegetables; General Mills has tagged 200 products from Bisquick to Hamburger Helper. Mighty Campbell's, king of soups, has just introduced a new line of low-sodium flavors nationally. Among the green-and-yellow-bannered cans are variations on traditional chicken...