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...waterway. The cruisers and aircraft carriers Washington has sent were designed for a major war with the Soviets not for guerrilla encounters with Revolutionary Guards in speedboats. The billion-dollar, 500-yard-long ships are fat targets in the narrow Gulf, where WWI-vintage mines have taken a disturbing toll...
...disappearing act fueled fresh speculation about whether the ratings game was taking a toll on Rather. Once the top-ranked network anchor, Rather spent most of the summer stuck in third place, behind NBC's Tom Brokaw and ABC's Peter Jennings. But Rather may soon have reason to smile again: in trial runs of the new "people meter" rating system, which made its official debut last week, the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather finished in first place. No details, however, about how those six minutes of CBS Evening News Without Dan Rather fared...
...result is a program that will offer staff members a telephone-counseling service and in-house workshops. The former will be provided by Child Care Systems, Inc. Employees can call a toll-free number for help on issues ranging from how to find a last-minute baby-sitter to how to judge a prospective child-care center. For working parents unsure how to find suitable care for their children, C.C.S. will provide information tailored to their pocketbooks, locations and special needs. In each workshop, some 20 employees will share information and hear advice from experts on the care of children...
...that a certain decision would be made "over my dead body," Bork noted, "To some of us, that sounded like the scenic route." His disarming humor is likely to help him seem personally sympathetic and even comfortably moderate during the televised hearings. But the prolonged wait has taken its toll, and his irritation with the drum roll of criticism sometimes prompts him to grind his teeth nervously and show flashes of anger...
...attempt and fell sharply. Hearing rumors of new revolts and troop movements, Congress nervously adjourned. Officials fear that Honasan may continue to discomfort the government simply by leaking wild tales to the city's circulation-mad newspapers. Late last week Honasan released a taped message calling the mutiny's toll "regrettable and inexcusable" but claiming that the rebels had pulled their punches to save more lives...