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Presidential advisers give credit for this exercise in internal détente to William P. Clark, 50, who became Ronald Reagan's National Security Adviser five weeks ago. The transition from the State Department, where he served as Heiig's ranking deputy, to the basement of the White House West Wing brought the former California jurist from relative obscurity to one of the most important jobs in the Administration and immediately raised questions about his future. Would Clark become a rival to Haig? Would he attain as much rank and prestige as the White House troika, altering...
...know you don't like being praised I for what you only consider your duty," Ronald Reagan told the guest of honor with mock sternness at last week's annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. "Forgive me. I'm going to pull rank on you." With that, the Commander in Chief proceeded to lavish an encomium on Brigadier General James L. Dozier for bravery during his 42-day ordeal as a prisoner of Italy's Red Brigades terrorists. Added Reagan with deft simplicity: "Welcome home, soldier...
...make those car price cuts. It refused to consider a drop in the hourly wage of $10.19, which makes up the bulk of the estimated $19.65 total compensation package. Fraser was also forced to bargain with the knowledge that any settlement would have to be approved by militant rank-and-file workers, who seemed unwilling to make major concessions. Two weeks ago, union members voted 57% to 43% to reopen the talks, and there was a good possibility that any settlement would have been voted down by the workers. Said GM's Warren: "I'm not sure that...
...spot his Arab assailant in time and had escaped a fusillade of shots by ducking behind his car. Security for U.S. embassy personnel had been strengthened after the attempt on Chapman's life. But Ray, who was one of four assistant military attaches, did not have enough rank in the 400-member embassy hierarchy to rate the special protection of a French police car that today follows top officials, or the use of an embassy car and driver...
Indeed, the actors can claim most of the credit for the theatrical boom. The Taper Forum and the big Broadway road shows have given Southern Californians a taste for live performances, but the actors have given them such wide choices. Under pressure from its rank and file, Actors' Equity in 1972 agreed to let members work for free in theaters that seat no more than 99 people. There have since been hundreds of such so-called waiver productions-423 last year alone...