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...State would visit Moscow next month for renewed discussions with the Soviets. A highly regarded diplomat whose departure would be unsettling to U.S. allies, Shultz has enraged Reagan loyalists by his criticisms of the Iran initiative. Nevertheless, he flatly stated last week, "I have no plans to leave. So wipe that off your slate...
There is more to running the flagship of democracy than just knowing how to style one's hair, of course. Other grooming habits are equally important. A presidential candidate may not wipe his nose with his hand, for example, especially on television. Richard Nixon did not wipe his nose with his hand during his famous Checkers speech. He immediately gained widespread support...
...Embu and the Meru regard the wild animals as dangerous and destructive nuisances. Crop-raiding baboons are esteemed among African farmers about as highly as the coyote is admired among West Texas ranchers. They are considered vermin. Elephants passing through a Kikuyu shamba (small farm) one night can wipe out a farmer's profit for a year. The law forbids killing them. If the elephants and giraffes and lions pay for themselves by bringing in the tourists and their dollars, if they prove their worth, then perhaps the governments of Africa will, before it is too late, organize the political...
...prices made gasoline cheaper than it had been since 1979. Inflation fell so low that it actually ran backward for several months. Even the tax system, of all things, changed for the better when Congress delivered a historic reform law that will lower rates for most consumers and wipe out many of the loopholes long enjoyed by businesses and wealthier Americans. Meanwhile, Government investigators cracked down on Wall Street's insider traders, who had been reaping outrageous profits at the expense of ordinary investors...
...would close some of its plants, eliminate 27,400 jobs and take a $3.2 billion write-off against its fourth-quarter earnings, the sheer magnitude of the reductions was stunning. The job cuts alone were the largest in the firm's history, and the write- off will all but wipe out 1986 after-tax earnings, which had been expected to approach $2 billion. While one spokesman for the Communications Workers union accused the company of "mean and inappropriate" behavior for breaking the news during the holiday season, Chairman James Olson insisted that the belt tightening was necessary to counter growing...