Word: antiwar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...traces its roots to Joe Pyne, an ex-Marine who liked to tell his guest victims to "go gargle with razor blades." He perfected his brand of radio ridicule in Los Angeles in the early 1960s, then carried it to syndicated television later in the decade, when hippies and antiwar protesters offered him a steady flow of irresistible targets. A generation of Pyne clones were soon imitating his snarl at other stations around the country, and for a time the style flourished. But Pyne died in 1970, and the popularity of his percussive style declined during the low-key 1970s...
...wide audiences for such novels as The Young Lions (1948) and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), but who will be remembered critically for his short stories of the 1930s and '40s; of a heart attack; in Davos, Switzerland. Born in Brooklyn, Shaw first won acclaim for his antiwar play Bury the Dead in 1936. He attracted a wide following with his short stories in The New Yorker, particularly his exquisite evocation of a young man's obsession, The Girls in Their Summer Dresses (1939). Renowned in writers' circles for his generosity to young authors, Shaw took...
Central America. Hart's policy can basically be summed up by an antiwar slogan from the 1960s: "Out Now." He calls for the "immediate withdrawal" of all troops from the region, and he would simply cu off U.S. military aid to El Salvador unti all death-squad activity ceased. Mondale would link U.S. aid to El Salvador to progress on land reform and an end to the death squads. He would continue the U.S. efforts to interdict the flow of arms from Nicaragua to the Salvadoran rebels, but unlike President Reagan, he would not back the contras against...
...conflict between Hart and Mondale over foreign and defense questions is in the tradition of Democratic primaries. In 1968, for instance, Antiwar Candidate Eugene McCarthy helped persuade President Lyndon Johnson not to run again by nearly upsetting him in New Hampshire. Because foreign affairs are more exclusively the province of the Executive Branch than are domestic matters, campaign promises are taken more seriously by voters-and by America's allies. A British diplomat has traveled on the Hart plane to observe the candidate on the stump. On an eight-day tour of the U.S. (see following story), French President...
...behind. Over the years, he changed his name from Hartpence to Hart, changed his age to make himself a year younger, changed his signature, became a movie buff and began drinking margaritas (in moderation). His circle of friends broadened from Duane Hoobing to Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine. An antiwar activist in the late '60s, he obtained a commission in the Naval Reserve in 1980 at the age of 44. He wanted to be ready to serve in the Persian Gulf if war broke out, he explained, although as a noncombat officer in the Judge Advocate General...