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...speechwriting operation during a private talk with Donald Regan, who conceded that tighter editing was required. Who will do it is the question. Regan has no time and little sensitivity to seek out nuances. There is no other senior aide with both the authority and the keen judgment to wield a blue pencil as effectively as Richard Darman, now Deputy Treasury Secretary, did during the first term...
...Even more threatening than bombs or guns are those who might wield them. Malaysian security officials in Kuala Lumpur say five armed Thai Muslim militants were arrested at the city's central train station on March 9. Perhaps in an indication of the sensitivity of the arrests, Malaysian police spokesmen denied they had taken place. But TIME confirmed the incident with two Malaysian intelligence officials familiar with the case. Details of the arrest and what, if anything, the group had planned remained sketchy. But the intelligence sources say the Thais' presence in Kuala Lumpur, which has so far been spared...
...green card -- proof of permanent-resident status in the U.S. The computer that sent the message was a perfectly ordinary one as well: an IBM-type PC parked in the spare bedroom of their ranch-style house in Scottsdale, Arizona. But on the Internet, even a single computer can wield enormous power, and last April this one, with only a tap on the enter key, stirred up an international controversy that continues to this...
...think this also gives us a mandate to do more,” said Ryan, noting in particular that the Faculty Council—the 18-member governing board of the FAS, of which she is a member—will now be able to wield greater power...
...think this also gives us a mandate to do more,” said Ryan, noting in particular that the Faculty Council—the 18-member governing board of the FAS, of which she is a member—will now be able to wield greater power...