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...wave (a sort of gentle, repeating karate chop with the hand slightly cupped), her schedule for the entire tour had been mapped out to the minute and the mouthful. Last November the Queen's press secretary, Michael Shea, walked every inch of the path that the Queen will tread during her tour. Everywhere she goes, the Queen is equipped with a precise tip sheet briefing her on names and issues to be either discussed or avoided...
...decreasing interest in Harvard reflects a national tread. Last year, American medical schools attracted 10 percent fewer applicants than...
...have no illusions that the road to peace in the Middle East will be an easy one to tread. To move towards such a goal the Arab states and Palestinian spokespeople must unequivocally recognize Israel's right to a secure existence as a nation-state. In turn, Israel must be willing to trade territory for peace--and such an action, we believe, will necessitate the democratic replacement of the Begin-Sharon government...
...economy is the No. 1 concern in the Second District, where unemployment is approaching 15%. Mississippi is traditionally conservative but aid-hungry; the dichotomy forces both candidates to tread a careful middle course. Franklin says his stands are "pretty tightly aligned with the President's program," though he opposed Reagan's tax increase and concedes that benefits like food stamps are essential for the truly needy in Mississippi. "Maybe I'm different from most who call themselves Republicans around here," he says. "I'm a populist person, I guess." Clark rails against Reaganomics but supports...
Kohl will have to tread cautiously at home. Even before his Bundestag victory last week, West Germany's powerful trade unions had begun girding for conflict with the new Chancellor, who must quickly come to grips with problems of the country's sagging economy. The most sensitive issue is social-welfare spending: at a time when 1.8 million West Germans are unemployed, businessmen are complaining loudly that 70% of their labor costs are for social benefits, the steepest percentage in Western Europe. Says Liane Launhardt, an economist for the Frankfurt-based Commerzbank: "There is no doubt that what...