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...primarily because he has been so busy with his direct responsibilities. Clark's two most pressing tasks are to restore smooth operations in a White House foreign policy apparatus that is plainly troubled, and to get Reagan more intimately involved in national security affairs. Clark's controversial predecessor, Richard V. Allen had lacked the authority and stature to achieve wither goal...
...rapid growth, however, was hard to control. In the words of Markkula, the problem was "to keep the race car on the track." The introduction in 1980 of Apple III, a more powerful version of its predecessor, was a fiasco. The new machines, plagued by production snafus, were full of bugs and had to be withdrawn from the market. Early last year some 40 employees were fired, and the project manager of Apple III resigned: Since then, Apple's growing pains have eased. Sales of a retooled Apple III have improved, and those of the less expensive Apple...
...Burger Court in recent years has retrenched somewhat on the gains made by its predecessor, the activist and rights-conscious tribunal of Earl Warren. Right-wingers have assailed the Court for not scrapping even more of that Court's "Liberal solutions. "But doubts about specific Court decisions are no excuse for limiting its authority as the branch most committed to defending civil rights. If the Reagan Administration continues its attempts to roll back the social legislation of the sixties, we may need a truly activist Court--one committed to defending civil rights and equipped to do so--more than ever...
...Edward J. King, trailing in the polls far behind his predecessor and main challenger, Michael S. Dukakis, originally said he would ignore the caucuses. But in the past month, he took out more than $200,000 in radio and television time...
Mubarak's personal style could hardly be more in contrast with his predecessor's. A career air force officer from Sadat's home province who was Air Force Commander at the time of the 1973 October War, Mubarak had never spent a day in politics when Sadat picked him to be his Vice President in 1975. He proved to be the perfect foil for the dynamic, charismatic Sadat: efficient, disciplined, self-effacing. He has not changed. Since taking office, Mubarak, 53, has made only four public appearances. His speeches are short and to the point...