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...past week, Dukakis staffers intensified their campaigning and media blitz in an effort to quell fears that the governor was slipping in popularity following his third place showing in the Iowa caucuses...
...hand. But the Reagan Administration, seeking support from more moderate Arabs, last week sent Special Envoy Philip Habib to Amman to brief Jordan's King Hussein on the plan. The King reportedly endorsed Washington's stepped-up involvement but remained noncommittal about specifics. The U.S. will launch a diplomatic blitz this week in support of its proposals. Under Secretary of State Michael Armacost and Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy will fly to Israel. Murphy will also visit several Arab capitals. But it seems a long shot at best for the U.S., in the waning months of the Reagan presidency...
Harvard's only answer to the N.U. blitz was a Julie Sasner slapshot which slipped through Dyer's arm with under eight minutes to play in regulation...
ANOTHER potential disruption to the race that did not occur in Iowa was Gephardt's elimination--which would have resulted from anything short of victory. Down in the polls as recently as two months ago, Gephardt concentrated his national staff in Iowa and unleashed a blitz of new commercials portraying him as an anti-establishment populist. A win was absolutely essential for the congressman, who had campaigned strenuously in Iowa for nearly two years...
Presidential candidates are aiming their final blitz of handshakes and media appearances at undecided voters in the Iowa caucuses. Today Iowans will give them their first decisive grades on the severe test of presidential politics...