Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Despite the disappointment, the Administration found reason for some encouragement in the week's events. Along with Raja'i, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini himself seemed ready to resolve the dilemma. The Ayatullah personally approved Iran's answer before it was transmitted to the U.S. by Algerian intermediaries. Muskie speculated that Khomeini's involvement signaled a "new phase" in the negotiations. Another hopeful sign seemed to lie in the fact that the Iranians were no longer talking in terms of a possible phased release of their captives, a notion the U.S. has flatly rejected...
...seems unlikely, however, that the Democratic Party will accept the new President's offer to form a bipartisan coalition of "national unity." One reason: D.P. Leader Paul Ssemogerere, 48, was once imprisoned by Obote. Disruptive opposition could spell disaster. Says one envoy based in Uganda: "If Obote runs into a lot of trouble, he probably will revert to type." That would mean going back to the days when Obote suspended the constitution, clapped thousands of opponents in jail without trial and ruled in such a high-handed way the people originally danced in the streets when Amin ousted...
...important reason will be the renewed upward thrust of oil prices. The 13-nation OPEC oil cartel last week raised its export prices by 6% to 10%, and oil producers warned of possible additional increases in 1981 (see following story). Meanwhile in the U.S., more and more domestically drilled crude is being marketed at sky-high world prices as a result of the continuing phaseout of domestic crude oil price controls. Democrat Otto Eckstein, president of Data Resources, an economic forecasting firm, estimated that rising petroleum prices will add 2.2 percentage points to the nation's consumer price index...
...reason Iacocca decided to take the gamble of going once more to the well at this time was that he was uncertain about the possibility of getting additional assistance after Jan. 20, when the Reagan Administration takes power in Washington. Reagan opposed the original Chrysler bailout package, and after Inauguration Day his aides will sit on the board that will determine federal aid. G. William Miller, the outgoing Treasury Secretary, last week held meetings of the Loan Guarantee Board and said he thinks it is "in the national interest" to keep Chrysler alive. The board was expected to consider...
Familiarity breeds nicknames, so it stands to reason that the more we get to know President-elect Ronald Reagan, the more likely we are to call him by any other name. But which one? Mr. Reagan calls Mrs. Reagan "Mommie," and she him "Ronnie." According to the New York Times, Mr. Reagan's tailor, Frank Mariani, also calls him Ronnie ("Ronnie is rather conservative"). Should we too call him Ronnie? Or should we call...