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...State would have formal supervisory power over any activity by any Government department that has consequences beyond the water's edge. Reagan's National Security Adviser, Richard Allen, has promised that his office would return "the functions of formulating and implementing policy" to appropriate departments. That vow, if kept, would go a long way toward ending the who's-in-charge confusion that at tended U.S. policymaking during the Vance-Brzezinski and Rogers-Kissin ger years...
...type most esteemed by the President is brand-named Jelly Belly, which -addicts vow-is to the ordinary jelly bean what foie gras is to liverwurst. About one-fourth the size of the Easter-basket staple and three times as expensive (up to $4 per lb.), Bellys come in an array of 36 flavors. Their manufacturer, Herman Goelitz Co. of Oakland, maintains that the flavors are so delicate that the beans should be eaten one at a time, not by the vulgar handful. How else to appreciate the richness of the coffee mocha, the tang...
Harris and his boss, Bernard D. Rostker, may soon be making paper airplanes with all of their registration cards, however, if Ronald Reagan follows through on his campaign vow to eliminate registration--a program he has called "a meaningless gesture." Reagan has not clarified his plans for Selective Service since the election...
President-elect Ronald Reagan promised during the presidential campaign to eliminate President Carter's registration program. Reagan has not reiterated his vow since the election, and his advisers have refused to say whether he will support registration once he assumes office...
...Reagan pledge on which businessmen hope to see fast action is his vow to reduce Government regulation. He has already said he will scrap the failed Carter wage and price guidelines as soon as he takes office, and some expect him to proclaim a moratorium on the issuance of new rules by Washington's myriad regulatory agencies. Says W. Martin Dillon, chairman of Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. of Sterling, Ill.: "The biggest thing the Reagan Administration could do is just stay out of our hair...