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...Democratic Party is facing a new threat, mounted by none other than its most ardent supporters...
...role by May 1986, when Gregg arranged a meeting between Bush and Rodriguez. The day before the meeting, the Vice President received a memo from Gregg stating that Rodriguez wanted to talk about "resupply of the contras." Also being scrutinized is former Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams, an ardent proponent of the contra cause. Prosecutor Walsh will decide by fall whether or not to bring additional indictments. If he does, that could lead to new questions about how much Bush knew of the illegal operation and when he knew it. Bush has denied under oath that he was aware...
...elusive "style" sought by so many of today's fleeting pop stars. But this style ran rampant and overwhelmed every project Hornsby touched. "End of the Innocence," last summer's hit by Don Henley, reeked of Hornsby's syncopated chord-jazzy piano run formula, and even his most ardent fans were thinking it was time for a change...
...have to be strong and compassionate when you have to be compassionate. I was much attracted to him for that. Problems don't fit into near ideological test bags. Some problems require 'right' solutions. Some require 'left' solutions. Some require common-sense solutions." Says Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, an ardent backer: "In San Francisco, she was more moderate than her city. But that will help in the Governor's race, because that's where the state...
...SHILLELAGH FOR HER THOUGHTS. Margaret Thatcher, an early and ardent supporter of Gorbachev's, continued to lead cheers during her visit to the Kremlin last week, and even urged top military leaders there to back Gorbachev to the hilt. But behind her public exhortations lie deep doubts about his chances. She sees the emergence of Boris Yeltsin as a particular reason for pessimism; she regards him as an unguided missile, and has privately characterized him in a phrase that could raise hackles both in the U.S.S.R. and closer to home. "He is like an Irishman," she says...