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...remain a credible factor in the year before the 1988 campaign gets under way in earnest, Robertson must broaden his appeal and pull together a staff that can handle the complex logistics of a national campaign. One thing working in his favor is that he is positioned to run well in the South's pod of primaries, caucuses and conventions that will be held in the same week in March of 1988 and will choose perhaps 30% of the delegates to the national conventions. (So is Jackson, who may reap the South's black Democrats the way Robertson may reap...
...People for the American Way, which was formed as a foil to Falwell's Moral Majority, says that Republicans are in danger of becoming dominated by a narrow segment of the ideologi- cal spectrum. "In many places," he says, "the Republican Party machine thought it would be good to broaden their base and ended up getting swallowed up by the religious-right movement...
...broaden and bolster their U.S. operations, Japan's big securities houses have hired several of America's top moneymen. Last week Nikko, Japan's second- largest broker, scored a major coup. Stephen Axilrod, the Federal Reserve system's top staff official, said he is retiring to become vice chairman of Nikko's U.S. unit. Nikko is one of four Japanese firms bidding to become primary dealers in Treasury securities, which are bought and sold by the Federal Reserve as a way of controlling the U.S. money supply. But Axilrod stressed that he will do more than simply advise Nikko...
...yesterday's event, HUCTW members announced plans to broaden community support by distributing 25,000 leaflets this Saturday in area mailboxes...
Vinson's sexual harassment case, the first to reach the Supreme Court, came up for oral arguments last week; a ruling is expected by July. Supported by feminists, members of Congress and some unions, Vinson is attempting to broaden employer liability in sex harassment cases. Says Karen Sauvigne, a New York City feminist: "If the Supreme Court reverses the case, it will be a devastating blow to women's rights. It will turn the tide." Many employers, however, fear that a Vinson victory will make companies liable even in harassment cases where no complaint was filed and where top executives...