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...clearest sign that the Counsellor's White House role was shrinking came with the resignation of Clark's predecessor (and Meese's protege), Richard Allen-a decision from which Meese was excluded. Clark demanded direct access to the President; Allen had reported through Meese. When Clark took charge, Meese effectively lost control of the foreign policy apparatus at the White House, which had been half of his charter. In domestic policy, which loomed large in the Administration's first year, the battles with Congress were waged largely by David Stockman, Director of the Office of Management...
...basis for the Rowny-Karpov talks is quite another. Both literally and figuratively, Reagan has changed the name of the game. He has rechristened the negotiations START, for Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, as a somewhat artificial way to distinguish his Administration's goals from those of its predecessor. The Soviets profess to share the desire for reductions; they have even added the word to the Russian designation of the talks ("Our first concession," says Zamyatin with a wry smile). But they object strenuously to the sorts of reductions that the U.S. wants...
Much of the praise for Shultz emphasizes the contrast between his style and that of his predecessor. "He's exactly the opposite type of personality from Alexander Haig," says an ex-official at Treasury. Adds former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld: "He's an unflamboyant person. He doesn't have any sharp edges. He works in a manner that does not call attention to himself...
...Secretary of State-designate is far less likely than his predecessor to clash with Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. Weinberger worked under Shultz at OMB and was Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in Nixon's Cabinet when Shultz was at Treasury. After leaving Government in 1975, Weinberger followed Shultz to Bechtel and became general counsel and vice president of the firm. The two men are known to have worked together smoothly...
...pennies .from Grease. "A burden on society," he replies, not understanding that he and everyone connected with both movies have already achieved his life's ambition. Once again, the cheeky, satirical spirit that animated the hit Broadway show has been dispensed with. The new film, like its predecessor has as its sole aim the corruption of chil dren under the age of 14. Not that it will impair them morally. No, the aim is to generate false, commercialized nostalgia br what is made to seem a simpler, yet more colorful teen time than their own. The movie strains...