Word: thinks
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Reagan's view of foreign relations is similarly one of a nation beleaguered. "I know this is going to be a perilous time ahead," he says. "I think the arrogance of the Soviet statements and actions reveals how far they are probably going to go to test us. I guess the biggest reaction of anything I say is to my line that maybe we should stop worrying about whether the rest of the world likes us, and decide we are going to be respected in the world as we once were. I think this loss of respect is reversible...
...Reagan's views have not changed much since he emerged as a national political figure, he thinks that he himself has changed a bit. Says he: "I probably have a greater tolerance of opponents. I suppose I learned they weren't an enemy out to do me in. They sincerely believed in their ways as I believe in mine, and so I suppose there is a sort of tolerance I gained in that regard. I don't think I lose my temper quite as quickly as I once...
Such vigor dispelled any White House qualms about Klutznick's age. Indeed, the Chicagoan insists that it was he who first brought it up. Says he with a laugh: "If they think I'm competent, who am I to deny...
...Securities and Exchange Commission, which disagrees strongly with the Justice Department's approach. Says SEC Enforcement Chief Stanley Sporkin, who has long been under fire by businessmen as an overly zealous regulator: "We do not have guidelines for rapists, muggers and embezzlers, and I do not think we need guidelines for corporations who want to bribe foreign officials...
...house in the Salisbury suburb of Highlands, whose value had dropped to $30,000 within the past year, is now selling for $60,000. But some whites take a dimmer view of the future. Says a Salisbury businessman: "The whites are living in a cuckoo land if they think nothing is going to change. The Patriotic Front has already held meetings with the East Germans on how the economy should...