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...some of the most eloquent and telling critiques of the Reagan Administration, wrote in the Wall Street Journal that those who would depose the man in the White House had better begin "by recognizing why Mr. Reagan has been so effective as President." The Teflon tag is a slick stump slogan and it may stick to Reagan, but it does not really explain the political struggle that is going...
...also been open knowledge in San Salvador that the Venezuelan Institute of Popular Education (IVEPO) has been used as a conduit for foreign assistance to the Christian Democrats. This became visible last February when Duarte's ill-funded party suddenly began using glossy posters, lavish billboards and slick TV ads. D'Aubuisson's Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) retaliated by running a newspaper ad accusing the Venezuelan government of meddling in Salvadoran affairs. On Saturday, in another full-page ad, ARENA directly charged the CIA with channeling funds to Duarte's campaign...
...become a little too slick. It's HSA it's natural to try to exploit this thing," says one former researcher who requested anonymity...
...result was history's biggest oil-tanker spill as well as the most costly maritime accident ever. The $15 million ship and its $24 million cargo of Middle Eastern crude were lost in the icy waters. In addition, the 68 million gal. of oil created a slick 18 miles wide and 80 miles long and polluted 130 miles of the scenic French coast, raising the cries of environmentalists around the world. Last week a federal district judge in Chicago ruled that Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), better known as Amoco, and two subsidiaries that operated the tanker are liable...
...conglomerate, after losing $1.5 million last year, cut its report by twelve pages and adopted a no-frills design. Much of A T & T's report is printed on paper almost as flimsy as the kind used in phone books. The company did away with most of the slick finish for its 4 million reports because it needed to include eight more pages, largely about the firm's breakup...