Flexibility struggle colors MX missile debate in Congress
A U.S. public argument unfolds over funding the MX program and deploying Pershing II and cruise missiles. Supporters say MX funding pressures Reagan to pursue arms talks, while critics warn of renewed vulnerability and an expensive weapons race amid Soviet retaliation threats.
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Kremlin
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Novosti
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Geneva
Return of the throwbacks reshapes postwar leadership
A global summit portrait shows seven heads of government as political throwbacks. The piece argues the postwar growth boom masks a widening failure of the industrialized world’s political economy, calling for an incomes policy to curb wages and prices while pursuing rapid growth. It traces gains, inflation, and the rise of Reagan Thatcher Kohl Nakasone Mitterrand Trudeau Fanfani, with rising unemployment and fiscal deficits as signs of systemic strain.
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Williamsburg
Walt Rostow
Rostow
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Britain
Ronald Reagan
Margaret Thatcher
France
Canada
Italy
Francois Mitterrand
Mitterrand
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
Amintore Fanfani
Fanfani
Reagan
Thatcher
The Great Furniture Caper in the Hart Building
Washington editors mocked the Senate over the Hart Office Building furnishing saga. Sen Alfonso D Amato cited editors’ mockery as a factor in halting costly additions and leaving offices sparsely furnished. Hatfield proposed modular furniture to curb costs amid criticism.
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Reagan
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Hatfield
Senate Rules Committee
Charles Mathias
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D'Amato
DiAmata
Senators Debate Furniture for Empty Offices
United Press International reports heated comments on Senate offices and furniture. Hatfield and D Amato warn the issue could become a distracting public matter while emphasizing governance over decor.
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Senate
Hatfield
D'Amato
Senator Crashbore Speech Fees Mocked in Satire
A satirical piece from United Press International jokes about U.S. senators earning up to two thousand dollars per speech, funded by special interests, and notes ghostwriters and lavish fact finding trips. It imagines a Jamaica trip via Paris stopovers to justify travels and fees.
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U.S
Woody Allen
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Paris
France
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