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...descendants of the Indians who wiped out George Custer and his men in 1876, the displays commemorating the battle of Little Big Horn are gallingly one-sided. In recent years Indian spokesmen have tried to persuade the Government to tell more of their side. Newly appointed Custer Battlefield National Monument superintendent Barbara Booner, the first Native American to hold the post, may resolve the controversy...
...study, the General Accounting Office reported last week that at airports with one or two dominant carriers, fares per passenger-mile were 27% higher than at other airports. Airline spokesmen disputed the conclusion. The Air Transport Association, an industry group, released a study showing that fares were only 3.8% higher at hub airports. Congressional subcommittees are studying both reports...
...laws and negative publicity have prompted the watercraft industry to expand its safety campaign. Industry spokesmen maintain that the machines are safe but that they are too often used irresponsibly. "Many people who are buying personal watercraft are buying their first boat," says Catherine Martin, spokeswoman for the International Jet Ski Boating Association. "They'll break some of the laws that other boaters are aware of without even knowing that they're alienating anybody...
Throughout the region, fears stirred at the prospect of uncontrolled radioactivity beneath the sea. Along with its reactors, the Mike-class sub was equipped to carry nuclear-armed cruise missiles. Soviet military spokesmen refused to say whether any such weapons were aboard, but Moscow acted quickly to try to dispel international concerns. Only hours after returning home from London, Mikhail Gorbachev sent reassuring messages to President Bush, British Prime Minister Thatcher and Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland. The power plant on the stricken sub had been shut down before the vessel sank, declared Gorbachev, who added, "The possibility...
Busby's response is visceral. A similar finding from Robert Lichter of the Center for Media and Public Affairs is factual. He records all the network evening news shows and analyzes them. Bush's presence is diminishing, that of Cabinet officers and other Administration spokesmen rising. The White House now is the focus of Administration news only about half the time, compared with 72% in the first days. "So far," says Lichter, "the 'just folks' presidency is working. Bush gets less press but better press. Bush is far more visible to the press than he is to the public, just...