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...deal that propelled the U.S. into the weapons-bristling decade of the 1980s. The prize was the $4 billion air-launched, cruise missile system that the U.S. is counting on to maintain a strategic edge over the Soviet Union for much of the remainder of the 20th century. The victor, not unexpectedly, was the Boeing Co. of Seattle, one of the nation's most successful corporations...
...first signs of inflation stress are marital spats, increased pessimism, and the growing fear among many men that they are not competent enough to survive the economic rollercoaster. Detroit Psychiatrist Victor Cruz says that it is not unusual for a working man, after being laid off for six months, to seek help for sexual impotence. Says Cruz: "The initial complaint takes the form of sexual insecurity, but the problem is often more related to the lack of being able to provide financially for a wife or girlfriend...
Higgins, like Kennedy, does not even try. Acknowledging that more than one of his clients has had "a record that RCA Victor would have envied," he measures success by the ability to keep clients on the right side of the bars. "It's frustrating," he admits, "and I don't handle frustration very well. If I have my IBM Selectric and a box of white paper I can accomplish something between sunrise and nightfall...
...Year story in January produced an Ayatullah Khomeini limerick ("too indecorous to quote," he says), and this month's Reagan cover story yielded a parody of an all-purpose campaign-trail press conference: "Q. Senator, what do you think of the new poll that shows you an overwhelming victor in North Dakota? A. I wish I could believe it, but it's wrong. I'm going to get crushed in that state. Q. If it's that hopeless, why are you flying back there after lunch? A. Well, we do have this afternoon to turn...
...Victor Palmieri, U.S. coordinator for refugee affairs, told a Kennedy School audience of 30 yesterday that there is no clear solution to the problem of relocating the large numbers of Indochinese refugees in Southest Asia...