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...burgeoning surplus with the U.S. But if the program fails to show quick results, Japan may face retaliation. Congress has before it a stack of protectionist bills, including a measure to add a 20% across-the-board tariff to imports. --By Janice Castro. Reported by Gisela Bolte/Washington and Edwin M. Reingold/Tokyo
...billed as an educational trip. After a day of informal meetings and a fancy dinner given by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Kuala Lumpur, they decamped to the Datai Hotel, whose promotional material describes it as located on "a mystical island of wild scenic beauty." Says Heritage Foundation president Edwin Feulner, whose organization was the official sponsor of the trip: "I sat by the pool while they played golf...
...days later, at a news conference before addressing a luncheon session at Grosvenor House, U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese picked up Thatcher's suggestion and said the Reagan Administration might soon begin discussions with the news media about whether their coverage of the hostage crisis was "helpful or hurtful from the standpoint of getting the crisis ended in a satisfactory manner." Meese carefully noted that the ability of the press to speak freely should be protected, but added, "There is an area of mutual good will on the part of the press and law enforcement authorities. There are areas where...
...handling of the case. Skeptical of the department's explanations, the Senators want to find out whether the bulky (300 Ibs.) Teamsters boss was given favorable treatment because of his political ties to the Administration. Presser was appointed a labor adviser to the Reagan transition team in 1980 by Edwin Meese, now the Attorney General. He was a frequent guest at the White House...
...should understand the principle of blind justice better than Attorney General Edwin Meese. Still, he may have been slightly taken aback when he learned that a warrant for his arrest had been issued. Meese's trouble started two weeks ago, when a municipal court clerk in Los Angeles accidentally discovered the five-year-old warrant while scanning computer records. The top cop, it seems, had committed the crime of jaywalking in 1980, right in front of Ronald Reagan's California campaign headquarters. His fine: $10. When Meese, then Reagan's chief of staff, did not pay the penalty, it automatically...