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...course, there is concern over the irregular pace of the American economy. You need only to look at the dollar exchange rate. We must continue to steer the course we are now on: consolidation of public finances and bringing interest rates under control to achieve a lower inflation rate and freedom for the economy to move away from governmental restrictions. We are cutting taxes by 20 billion marks ($6.4 billion) as part of the recovery process...
...sharpest criticisms came from the panel's dissenting judge, J. Skelly Wright, who called his colleagues' interpretation of actual malice "a startling revision." If the jury verdict is upheld, Wright predicted, "the effect on freedom of expression will be incalculable. The message to the media will be unmistakable--steer clear of unpleasant news stories." The Post is expected to ask the full ten-member appeals court to hear the case...
...should never forget that Bok was the hero who brought coffee and doughnuts to his law students in 1969, while [then-president] Pusey was calling in the state troopers to break the heads of his students. The instinct active in the Bok of 1969 will steer him away from sustaining apartheid, and back to himself. Bok was not an opportunist in 1969. His response was not just astute, it was fresh and genuine and it made him the only possible choice for president. Let Bok end his term as president as honorably as he began its he still has that...
...decision- making process. It was a way of maintaining one's position in power. Under Regan, that is the best way to work your way out of a job." Remarks another aide: "Don watches the way the President is going and moves; Jim Baker might have tried to steer him somewhat...
What is different about Gorbachev is his ability to steer away from political cant when talking with Westerners. He is also able to mask his feelings when the occasion calls for it. When French President Francois Mitterrand mentioned Soviet Dissident Andrei Sakharov during a state banquet in the Kremlin last June, Konstantin Chernenko and Andrei Gromyko looked annoyed, but Gorbachev betrayed no emotion. "He has great control," said a French diplomat. "He was the only one who did not show anything...