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...Later, when asked in an interview with the Wall Street Journal whether he agreed with Stockman's view of military pensions, the President did not hedge. "No," he said, "I have to think this is a little different than any other pension program." Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger was much tougher: he termed Stockman's broadside "insulting and demeaning...
Meese's former colleague in the White House upper echelon, James Baker, was handily confirmed as Treasury Secretary last week by a 95-to-0 vote, and another former presidential aide, Richard Darman, was confirmed as Deputy Treasury Secretary. Meese is having a considerably tougher time, but despite his long ordeal, he is expected to win the committee's approval this week and Senate confirmation some time this month...
These days the director's job has become much tougher. Reason: stockholders and Government regulators, notably the Securities and Exchange Commission, have begun taking directors to task for failing to perform their duties properly. In a landmark decision last week, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that ten former directors of Trans Union, a railroad-equipment leasing company, were financially liable for selling their company too hastily in 1980. A lawsuit filed on behalf of 10,000 shareholders claimed that the directors spent just two hours considering a purchase offer of $55 a share, or $688 million in total, while...
...Administration colleagues with throaty exhortations to face up to reality. When she was put on the panel to prepare the President for his foreign policy debate with Walter Mondale, she read the suggested questions from White House aides, tossed them aside and made up her own, which were tougher...
Steiker said that although "it was probably much tougher for a women to get elected nine years ago," she still feels that her election is "very important since the Law School remains a male dominated place...