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...shorter-range weapons in Czechoslovakia and East Germany. Some NATO allies, particularly West Germany, are urging that these missiles be included in the Reagan-Gorbachev talks. U.S. officials are concerned that negotiations on Soviet short-range missiles might lead to a demand for removal of U.S. nuclear- armed aircraft in Europe that are capable of striking the Soviet Union...
...Presidents have excelled Ronald Reagan at winning showdown foreign policy votes on Capitol Hill. Through a combination of astute compromise and skillful personal lobbying, the President has managed to persuade reluctant legislators on such hotly contested matters as sending advanced AWACS surveillance aircraft to Saudi Arabia and aid to the contra guerrillas in Nicaragua. But ) last week Reagan's fabled reserves of luck and persuasion finally ran out. Both houses of Congress voted decisively to override his veto of a bill calling for stiff economic sanctions against South Africa...
Hasenfus said he was offered the job in June by William J. Cooper, identified as the pilot of the aircraft. Cooper was one of three people killed when the aircraft was shot down Sunday by a surface-to-air missile and crashed in southern Nicaragua...
...years, the old Civil Aeronautics Board had received 79 applications from companies that wanted to become long-distance, interstate airlines; not one was approved. When competition was opened up in 1978, the fleet of new carriers generally employed relatively cheap nonunion labor and used smaller crews on their aircraft than established airlines did. Some upstarts, like People Express, championed pared-to-the-bone competition, in which low ticket prices took the place of almost all amenities...
...since becoming President, and everywhere she went Corazon Aquino's reception seemed to get warmer and warmer. When her commercial Philippine Airlines 747 touched down at San Francisco International airport, she was greeted by nearly 1,000 supporters shouting "Cory! Cory! Cory!" After switching to a special U.S. Government aircraft for the cross-country flight to Washington, the Philippine leader charmed White House officials with her simple, direct manner. A private meeting with President Reagan that had been scheduled for 15 minutes stretched out to 45, and afterward Reagan declared, "I'm bullish on the Philippines...