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Peace did seem closer last week after Iraq dropped its demand for direct talks with Iran before a cease-fire could be declared. At the United Nations, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar successfully called upon the two countries to end all hostilities on Aug. 20. As evidence of its goodwill, Iraq announced that the fighting would stop, and Iran issued a cease-fire order. One day later, however, the truce threatened to falter as charges were exchanged. Baghdad contended that Iran was still shelling Iraqi forces. Tehran charged that Baghdad was still using poison gas to dislodge Kurdish separatists...
TANNER '88: THE REALITY CHECK (HBO, debuting Aug. 22, 10 p.m. EDT). Dukakis has won the nomination, but Tanner, TV's alternative candidate, is pondering a third-party run in the final cable installment of Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau's ingenious political satire...
DRESS GRAY (NBC, Aug. 21 and 22, 9 p.m. EDT). Gore Vidal's script brings intelligence and bite to a tale of shady doings at a military academy. One rerun worth saluting...
40TH ANNUAL PRIME-TIME EMMY AWARDS (Fox, Aug. 28, 8 p.m. EDT). L.A. Law leads in the nominations as the TV community gathers once again to recognize its best and listen to windy thank-yous...
With Baker's resignation as Treasury Secretary on Aug. 5, George Bush finally has a peer in charge of his election effort. Baker can quell the jostling that left one communications director out of a job, several other aides squabbling, and Bush trailing in the polls. Baker's arrival as campaign chairman means that Campaign Manager Lee Atwater moves over, if not down. Richard Darman, Baker's trusted adviser at the White House and Treasury, gains ever more influence. Pollster Robert Teeter stays put, as does Chief of Staff Craig Fuller...