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...Washington, military intelligence officials vehemently challenged the accusations. Not only were such flights not occurring, they are unnecessary. The U.S. eavesdrops on Nicaragua very effectively by using reconnaissance satellites as well as side-looking radar installed on aircraft that steer clear of Nicaraguan territory. In addition, a Pentagon official declared that AC-130 gunships are "the last thing we'd want to fly over Nicaragua," since the aircraft are less well equipped for reconnaissance missions than other spy planes and because use of the gunships would be a major provocation for the Sandinistas...
...Bernie Steer Goiania, Brazil
Mondale seemed back on course after a harrowing March, but to get there he had to steer a low road. His aides say that their candidate will continue to pummel Hart "until we beat him." They realize that the strategy could suddenly turn sour, but they also recall that, when Mondale was on the high road, he began to lose, and badly. Taking the offensive helps Mondale conceal a fundamental weakness in his campaign: to many voters, the old-line Democratic Party that he stands for has no driving theme. At the same time, Mondale's verbal jabs...
...deal with the "new leadership." The Soviet Union is still controlled by the same circle that has seen guiding the country all the while. Under Chernenko, the U.S.S.R. may deviate only a few degrees from its former course. Nevertheless, we must continue to urge the Soviets to steer in the right direction...
...trim tab of the book's title is the small, hinged section on a ship's rudder that helps to steer the vessel. Willens, a real estate developer and onetime textile machinery manufacturer, contends that businessmen are America's trim tab. "Business is the most flexible and change-oriented segment of our society," he writes, and "possesses inordinate power to influence the direction of our national enterprise...