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Even critics admit that many of the demonstration projects will alleviate serious local bottlenecks and spur economic development. Take the $53 million in federal funds to raise the height of the 136-ft.-tall Talmadge Memorial Bridge spanning the Savannah River. According to Georgia officials, the Port of Savannah has lost an estimated 1 million tons of shipping because modern container vessels cannot get under the existing bridge. "Something has to happen," says Robert Goethe, assistant director of the Georgia Ports Authority. "The ships are getting bigger, and the bridge is not getting taller...
...forum was reported in the Soviet press but not the main points of my remarks. This is what Pravda wrote: "Academician A.D. Sakharov noted the unsoundness of the position of SDI proponents. He also termed as incorrect the idea that the existence of the SDI program would spur the U.S.S.R. to disarmament talks. The SDI program impedes negotiations. The scientist also proposed his own version of how to achieve a 50% cut in nuclear weapons." Western radio stations have also reported my views imprecisely and incompletely. This reinforced my decision to publish the complete text of my speeches...
...moderating currency swings. For the U.S., another goal of the session was to persuade Japan and West Germany to stimulate their economies. That would boost their imports of American products and help ease the U.S. trade deficit, which reached a record $170 billion last year. Higher exports would also spur the sluggish U.S. economy. The gross national product grew at an annual rate of only 1.3% in the fourth quarter of 1986, the Government reported last week...
...should not turn away from the task of seeking equity simply because the goals we seek require complex mechanisms. What's at stake is our image of ourselves. What should spur us on is the knowledge that 37 million of our neighbors don't have financial protection from the costs of illness. What should help mobilize us is the fact that if we fail to act, tomorrow or the next day or week or year you or I may be among those who help swell that number...
Casting a lengthening shadow over all the frenzied activity was the crippling embarrassment of U.S. arms sales to Iran. Since last November, when the secret deals first became known, counterterrorist experts have been worried that the transactions could spur more hostage taking. They reasoned % that the weapons sales, aimed partly at securing Iran's help in winning freedom for kidnaped Americans in Lebanon, would be seen as capitulation to terrorist demands...