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However, the Coop, in a statement, charges that the landlord has installed roll-down steel doors to protect the pushcarts. Because DiGiovanni controls these doors, it says, he controls access to the sidewalk, thus impeding pedestrians...
Mondale was buoyed again by a rousing response from some 3,000 United Steelworkers at their annual convention in Cleveland. He accused Reagan of neglecting the steel industry's problems with a policy that amounts to "Let it rust." Added Mondale: "Four years ago, when he was running for President, Mr. Reagan went to Youngstown and said, 'I won't forget you.' Well, he didn't until just after the election. And he's forgotten you for four years. Now it's your turn to forget him on Nov. 6." At Texas Southern...
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger downplays those early warnings. "Well," he said, "they were noted." The Administration blames shipping problems and local construction delays for the fact that a protective steel entrance gate had not yet been installed and that the heavy-duty windows and doors for the building were still on order. Weinberger describes how much worse the devastation would have been had the bomber made it into the embassy building...
Under the heading "Armor" was this classic paragraph: "Scout vehicles dart in, spot the enemy. Report, Call in the heavyweights. Tanks, Big Tanks. Up to 57 tons of steel and 750 horsepower come thundering in on each set of treads, Stop. Fire, Maneuver, Stand your ground, Slug it out, Mighty machines. But battles...
...decision on steel leaves the Reagan Administration with a mixed record on trade issues. In the spring of 1983, the President agreed to sharply higher tariffs on Japanese motorcycles to assist Harley-Davidson, the sole remaining U.S. motorcycle maker. Three weeks ago, though, he refused to protect the copper-mining industry with quotas that would have restricted imports from Chile, Peru, Zaïre and other copper-producing countries. The President has staunchly advocated free trade in speeches, but sometimes, like last week, he has compromised in its practice...