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...Last month, David R. Gergen, assistant to President Reagan for communications, also resigned his post to take the six-month IOP fellowship...
...petroleum prices and the sharp drop in U.S. interest rates helped ease pressure on many developing nations that are struggling under enormous and dangerous debt loads, but their finances remain shaky. Two weeks ago, the new government of Argentina requested a six-month grace period for interest payments on its $40 billion debt. A team of bankers and troubleshooters from the International Monetary Fund approved a $10 billion emergency loan package in November that once again saved Brazil from defaulting on its $91 billion debt, but the country's economy is deeply depressed and has been plagued all year...
...Capitol to urge its use. His body is crippled by Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), but his mind is still honed by his love of reason and country. He would have preferred a six-month limit on presidential authority to keep the Marines in Lebanon instead of the 18-month limit President Reagan wanted. But when it was apparent the six-month limit did not have the necessary votes to pass, he wanted his old chamber to vote for 18 months. That is the statesmanlike way he had done it in his great years in the Senate...
...President what he thinks." One reporter finally did. Well, replied Reagan, it just so happened that he agreed with both officials. "Most people in America," he hazarded, shared the sentiment that "we aren't asking anyone to leave, but if they choose to leave, goodbye." As for a six-month stint in Moscow for the diplomats, "It would give them an opportunity to see two ways of life...
...signs that the battle for consumers' savings is heating up again. Starting in October, federal regulators will let U.S. banks and savings and loans pay whatever interest they want on certificates of deposit. The yield on most CDs is now tied to U.S. Treasury bill rates; a six-month certificate, for example, currently pays about...