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...agreement that the Salvadoran army, while not in imminent danger of being routed, has been performing poorly, and is not improving. One purpose of the extra U.S. funds would be to provide better training for the government forces. Not at all incidentally, the mere announcement of added aid might strengthen their willingness to fight. Indeed, if there is an element of crisis in the aid request, it is that the Salvadoran army could be totally demoralized if Congress withholds the extra funds...
...ample opportunity to score further political points. Hearings were scheduled to begin this week in Congress on tightening up the laws governing waste disposal. The scandal's repercussions are likely to affect other environmental legislation, spurring Congress to reauthorize a passel of environmental measures that have lapsed and strengthen clean-air-and-water laws this session. Says Republican Senator John Chafee, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee: "This Administration will not want to be portrayed as lukewarm on the environment any more. That is the positive fallout...
entails enormous risks for the Soviet Union which must be considered by future Soviet leaders. To Soviets have learned that the same technology they bring in to strengthen their military forces may also tend to subvert if not debilitate the moral resoluteness of the population. Increased and even continued contact with the West will increase the country's exposure to uncontrollable and corrupting influences...
...President Reagan gave every indication of being determined to keep Burford. One top White House aide offered a sarcastic assessment: "We have nothing against her except that she might not have managed the agency properly." Officials described the new talent at EPA as calculated to strengthen top management, particularly in the Superfund program. "We're going to surround her," said a Reagan adviser...
...Strengthen teacher-evaluation procedures. Now teachers are rated either satisfactory or unsatisfactory. E.P.G. wants to introduce a rating of excellent, although it makes no recommendations about merit raises...