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...nominated by Reagan as Deputy Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. It was Grey's longtime association with Eugene Rostow, who heads the agency, and his brief service as an administrative assistant to California's liberal Democratic Senator Alan Cranston that inspired Helms to threaten the Senate leadership with a ten-hour filibuster to block confirmation. In Helms' view, even the hawkish President was not selecting tried and true conservatives to the arms negotiating posts. In a sudden twist, the White House gave up the fight and is expected to withdraw Grey...
...consuming and exporting nations alike, the ultimate message pre-Vienna is already clear enough: when it comes to oil, collapsing prices, like runaway increases, can threaten the world economy, at least in the short run. Many bankers are saying that the best they can hope for in Vienna is no change in price. That is probably what they will...
None of this is to say that correcting the communications imbalance is not the right thing to do. In fact, a practical plan to help is currently being developed by several Western news organizations that are conducting exchange and recruiting programs for foreign journalists. But the new order would threaten even these initiatives...
...loss of all Western financial support, which totals over half of the UNESCO budget, could threaten the body's valuable work--helping disadvantaged people in poor nations through education and self-help programs. Granted, there is a need to redress the communications imbalance, but to do so with a document that threatens freedom of the press, splits universal support and spells potential disaster for a worthy international organization seems absolutely foolish. UNESCO would be wise to see the proposed "new information order" for the facade for government control of the media that it really is. Otherwise, it could wind...
...between Honduras and Nicaragua has suddenly become a tinderbox where a few skirmishes could easily erupt into a full-scale shooting war. Even if war does not break out, critics contend, not only have the U.S. activities strengthened the resolve of the Sandinistas in Managua but the operations now threaten to destabilize Honduras itself...