Word: rev
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Executives have to be concerned that their investments could fizzle like misfired rockets. Rockwell's Beall painfully remembers how his company spent $400 million to rev up for large-scale production of the B-1 bomber, only to have the program dropped during the Carter Administration. It has been restarted under Reagan. "There is the risk that it could happen again," he says. "But in this business you have to take chances. The real risk is in not taking any risks at all." Beall believes that even if his Star Wars business goes sour, the research will lead to improvement...
...Rev. Jesse L. Jackson charged during the last campaign that the party's system of giving delegates only to those candidates who garner a certain percentage of votes in state primaries was unfair...
AMONG THE 3000 who have been arrested since the state of emergency was declared on July 27 are virtually the entire leadership of the United Democratic Front, a multi-racial opposition group which has dedicated itself to non-violent protest methods. The recent detention and release of the Rev. Allan Boesak illustrates what is happening to committed non-violent leaders all over South Africa. Boesak, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, was charged with subversion after he called for school and consumer boycotts and withdrawal of foreign investments. He was freed on bail on September 20th after spending...
Weir had good news about some of his fellow captives. The day of his release, he said, he saw and spoke with four of them: the Rev. Lawrence Jenco, director of Beirut's Roman Catholic Relief Services; A.P. Correspondent Terry Anderson; and David Jacobsen and Thomas Sutherland of Beirut's American University. But he had not seen the other two, American University Librarian Peter Kilburn or Diplomat William Buckley...
...week's end official Washington remained uncharacteristically closemouthed about Weir's unexpected release. "We don't want to do or say anything that could disrupt the active diplomatic process," said a State Department official. "We are delighted Rev. Weir is out, but seven is the number we are looking for." Whether that means the U.S. is close to obtaining freedom for the six Americans still held hostage remains a closely guarded secret...