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Page \2fThe Battalion/Wednesday, January 23, 1985 Pcupa'i _ _ Introduces 390 Flameburgers 49^ French Fries 650 Onion Rings WORLDAND NATION Hours: Open 11 a.m. Close after midnight 846-0079 846-3824 509 University Drive r con viser-miller cpa I review cordially invites you . .. to attend our first two lectures free THURSDAY 7th & TUESDAY 12th of February (Including CompBmentary Materials) Commences at 6:00 p.m. Come see how good a CPA review course can be! Cali today to reserve a seat!!! \ 1 -800-392-5441 ^ College Station {Men’s Soccer Team | Meeting 9:00 p.m. * Wed. Jan. 23 Deware Field House * >5- * * i * * * * * :* * * * The Battalion SPREADING THE NEWS Since 1878 Deliberation continues in libel case Associated Press NEW YORK — The jury in Ariel Sharon’s libel lawsuit against Time Inc. began a second week of deliber ations Monday, trying to determine if a Time article about Sharon was published with the knowledge it was false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false. The burden of proof in the $50 million suit lies with the former Is raeli defense minister, and in the first five days of deliberations the jury has found for Sharon on two is sues: that a key paragraph of a 1983 Time magazine cover story about a massacre in Lebanon was defama tory, and that it was false. To award Sharon a libel verdict, however, the federal jury still must rule on the question of “actual mal ice” — whether Time published the story knowing it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false. The panel met for about nine hours Monday before recessing for the night at 7 p.m. They were to re sume deliberations Tuesday. If the jury, which is sequestered, determines Time published the story without actual malice, the trial is over and Sharon loses his case, al though he has called the jurors’ first two findings against Time a “clear moral victory.” If the jury rules for Sharon, a mini-trial with more witnesses and evidence will be held during which Sharon must prove to the jury that his reputation was damaged and he should receive money. Sharon was not libeled if his repu tation was not damaged by the arti cle about an Israeli inquiry into the massacre of hundreds of Palestin ians by Israeli-allied Lebanese Chris tians while he was defense minister in 1982. Sharon, now minister of industry and commerce, sued over Time’s Feb. 21, 1983, cover story that in one paragraph said he “reportedly dis cussed” revenge for the assassination of Lebanon’s Christian president elect, Bashir Gemayel, with the Christian Phalangists. The next day, the massacre began at two West Bei rut refugee camps. 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Baker III is a sure bet to win quick Senate approval for his move from the White House to the Treasury Department, but his confirmation hearing could hint at the kind of re ception Congress will give President Reagan’s second-term program. Could, that is, if the members of the Senate Finance Committee choose to press the White House staff chief about just what the presi dent has in mind for the next four years. In this era of concentration of powfer in the White House, enor mous authority rests with members of the president’s staff— individuals who do not face Senate confirmation and who rarely, if ever, testify before Congress. Probably more than any other person in the government, Baker could knowledgeably discuss the budget and taxes, where the admin istration is heading, as well as some of the decisions made during the first term. The committee was taking up the Baker nominationjust two days after Reagan’s inaugural address calling for an “American renewal.” Like most inaugural addresses, the speech was long on rhetoric and short on specifics. The details presu mably will appear Feb. 4, when the president’s budget is made public and on Feb. 6, when Reagan delivers his State of the Union address to l joint session of Congress. For example, when Reagan said he would “shortly submit a budget to the Congress aimed at freezing gov ernment program spending for the next year,” many people watching the ceremony on television might have thought he meant putting a lit! on all spending. But the audience gathered in the Capitol Rotunda — the members of Congress and of the administration — knew better. That freeze won'd dude the Pentagon. What will it include? Wherti the S50 billion come from? Baker has never hesitated to s that the proposed freeze would d include the Pentagon. He was asked if the White Ho would be ready to makeadeal-ij cut Pentagon spending if Congi made additional cuts in other] grams. “Well, I couldn’t possibly _ udge that," Baker said. “I thinkf president would be very reluctannj come off of his defense positii now, particularly until you ra knew those spending cuts wa going to be supplied.” I he fact is that during the] three years, since the original i gan honeymoon during which I got quick approval of his budget a tax cuts. Congress has workeditsd on the Pentagon request, cuttinfj back sharply. FREE TI855 Printer when you buy the TI Professional Computer. $1995.00 Computer & Printer * TI Portable Computer 256K Reg. $2495.00 * TI 855 LQ Printer Reg. ($970.00) Plus: 50% off Tl’s Pro-Help “service and support program.” Offer Ends January 31,1985 TL4 COM PUTERS WE KNOW YOU CAN KNOW COMPUTERS G& 9 701 University East Suite 102 College Station, TX 77840 (409) 846-4444 J. 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