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...wasted the energies of the 22,000-man Salvadoran army on massive and fruitless sweep operations in the hinterlands, while allowing the guerrillas to exercise their mobility fully in economic sabotage and spectacular urban takeovers. Says a Western military analyst in El Salvador: "There has to be a complete shake-up over at the Salvadoran high command, and a lot of changes within about 60 days, or this thing is going to get a whole lot worse." By some accounts, Garcia may be ousted relatively soon by El Salvador's Provisional President, Alvaro Alfredo Magaña. Among other...
...shake-up at ACDA will inevitably set back the already faltering U.S. effort to come up with a coherent and credible negotiating posture at the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces talks, which resume Jan. 27 in Geneva. The Soviet aim there is to prevent the U.S. from deploying Pershing II and ground-launched cruise missiles in Europe later this year. A strong peace movement on the Continent, supported by some U.S. advocates of a bilateral freeze on nuclear weapons, also opposes such deployment. In November 1981 Reagan proposed his "zero option," under which the U.S. would forgo this positioning of missiles...
...with their monthly bills. Soon customers in most other states will be going to the mailbox and finding the same. The inserts invite subscribers to buy their telephones from their local phone companies instead of renting them, as is now done. The invitations are part of an ongoing market shake-up in the increasingly deregulated U.S. telephone industry...
...financial markets hate surprises. For that reason Wall Street was even edgier than usual on the eve of a crucial mid-term election that might generate a sudden shake-up in national economic policy. But when the news came from the polls that the Republicans had kept control of the Senate and lost no more House seats than expected the New York Stock Exchange was overwhelmed by relief-and euphoria...
Prior to Shultz's visit, Trudeau had made a number of conciliatory moves to begin restoring foreign and domestic confidence in his government's management of the country. One was to order the shake-up of 18 of 36 Cabinet portfolios. Among those shifted were a number of ministers identified with efforts to "Canadianize" ownership of industry. The Prime Minister had an unusual private chat with 21 top U.S. businessmen who were invited to Ottawa to discuss the local investment climate. The meeting was cordial, and, said First National Bank of Boston Chairman Richard Hill afterward...