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While endorsing the aims and criticisms of the 34-page report, Simon said, "Those kind of reports that don't spell out how a program is to be implemented usually and up gathering dust. My fear is that it will...
...speech, Reagan confronted the issue directly, as if trying to exorcise its paralyzing spell. "Let me say to those who invoke the memory of Viet Nam: there is no thought of sending American combat troops to Central America." This prompted the night's most thunderous ovation, one that was sustained on both sides of the aisle. (It also drew some querulous editorial fire. The New York Times, referring to his pledge not to send in combat troops, asked, "If the stakes are as he says, why on earth not?") In the televised Democratic response, Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut invoked...
Israel also wants to sign agreements on trade and on the movement of people across the common border. The Lebanese prefer not to spell out these issues for fear of an Arab boycott. Even if these conflicts were settled, the pact itself would be a problem: the Israelis insist that the agreement be signed by the foreign ministers of the two countries, while the Lebanese, afraid of creating the impression that they are signing a peace treaty and thus recognizing Israel, want lower-ranking officials to approve the treaty. Said Lebanese Foreign Minister Elie Salem: "Lebanon cannot be exposed...
UNFORTUNAIELY, the constraints of theater as a medium disrupt the continuity that would have brought out the dream nature of the second act itself Time and the Conways should have been a screenplay, because only film, with its uninterrupted flow, could cast the spell that moves Kay through time. But the breaks for set and costume changes necessary to bring the action up to--and back from 1938 ruin the transition between Kay's states of perception. As a result, Act II appears to be a mere leap in chronology rather than, as the author intended, a transformation of consciousness...
...long dry spell for U.S. business appears to be coming to an end. A number of major companies last week reported healthy increases in profits for the first quarter compared with results for the same period last year. A star performer was General Motors, which earned $653 million as sales rose 14% from a year ago. Chrysler also did well, earning $172 million, an increase of 15% on sales of $3.1 billion from January through March. It was Chrysler's largest quarterly profit ever. Overall, though, the earnings picture in the first quarter was one of lights and shadows...