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Conservatively inclined but a pragmatic practitioner, Sears provided Reagan with a 1980 national strategy aimed at winning the election as well as the Republican nomination. A Washington attorney, Sears, 39, tried to broaden Reagan's appeal, and the candidate appeared to go along. Reagan admitted that he was troubled by his image in the East as a "Neanderthal reactionary." He almost seemed in awe of his $65,000-a-year subordinate as he listened deferentially to Sears' monologues on issues and tactics. Often when Reagan arrived at a meeting of aides, he asked: "Where's John? There...
...long-pending CIA charter must be enacted to improve U.S. intelligence. The legislation would tighten the agency's control over sensitive information and broaden the range of covert activities that it could conduct without specific presidential approval...
...republic, many U.S. experts were betting that the Soviets would put that campaign in the hands of a nationalistic general, Mohammed Aslam Watanjar. The notion of the Soviets flying Karmal home from V-SYGMA Eastern Europe seemed too ham handed and provocative, given the Communists' obvious need to broaden the political base of the Kabul regime. An armed Soviet takeover of the country was discounted for the same reason. More prescient intelligence would have enabled the U.S. to mount a diplomatic offensive to deter the Soviets, or at least to prepare countermeasures in advance...
...More than five Soviet armored divisions were deployed around his country to help suppress the Muslim rebels. Fortified by what might be called Russian courage, Moscow's puppet President Babrak Karmal tried to improve his image last week, both inside and outside Afghanistan. In an attempt to broaden his shaky political base at home, he announced the formation of a "national unity" Cabinet, giving unprecedented prominence to non-Communist and military leaders. And in an effort to mend regional ties he made flamboyant overtures of friendship to Iran's Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini...
Perhaps it is inevitable that whenever the arts broaden their appeal they will compromise their quality. If enough people tell us that Star Wars is a great movie we begin to question our own standards of taste. One has to shudder when a youngster today lumps Elvis Costello and The Bee Gees together with the Beatles and Beethoven as "great musicians," and wonder how many years until the latter two no longer make the list. Certainly the cultural elite will always recognize Beethoven's immortality, but if the 1970s taught any lesson, it was that economics is always the bottom...