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...superpower?one of two?with worldwide interests; its allies are regional powers with commensurately limited interests. Says Christoph Bertram, director of London's International Institute for Strategic Studies: "The attitude toward an international problem on the part of a medium and small power is to seek to live with it. The attitude of a superpower is to seek to change...
...Reagan's strengths as Governor was his ability to assemble a staff of experienced advisers and department heads and to delegate considerable authority to them. He embraced an aide's scheme of "mini-memos," four-paragraph briefs setting out l) the nature of a problem, 2) the basic facts involved, 3) terse arguments for and against various options, and 4) the staff recommendation on what to do. At the bottom were boxes for Reagan to check yes or no. While critics claimed that this showed Reagan's inability or unwillingness to grapple with complex issues, the procedure...
That is a severe problem in some key states. In both Michigan and his native Illinois, Anderson cannot be listed as an independent but has to meet state qualifications for a third-party candidacy. In Michigan, under present law, he must collect 18,000 signatures from several congressional districts by May 5; in Illinois he will have to form a party that will also run candidates for Vice President, U.S. Senator and the University of Illinois board of trustees. Even so, the consensus among experts on election laws is that Anderson can qualify in enough states to have a mathematical...
McHenry said the measure was an "unbalanced and inadequate response to the problem" which failed to "acknowledge the cross-border terrorism against Israel...
...April 1978 focuses on a stable franc. It relies on an abolition of price controls, but it rests ultimately on market discipline. The French are now determined to undertake short-term austerities necessary to increase basic investment in sectors earmarked for future growth. They have publicly identified the problem, and the Prime Minister is constantly discussing the issue and laying the groundwork for public support for the remedy. There are no painless cures, but if the French public is prepared to undertake this program of austerity, then France, for all its divisive politics, may well be joining Germany and Japan...