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Mitterrand's habitual vagueness has been tied to a long-standing political strategy that sought to appeal to the broadest possible range of supporters. Twice in the past seven years, the left under Mitterrand's leadership has come breathlessly close to power, only to lose elections at the last minute as French voters flinched at the specter of Socialists and Communists sharing power. The years of tactical hedging are over. For Mitterrand, the presidency is a liberation. Only now will France, and the rest of the world, learn what kind of leadership the voters have chosen in their...
...buying guard dogs and supplies of Mace. Locksmiths and burglar-alarm businesses are flourishing, as are classes in karate and target shooting. Banks have long waiting lists for vacated safety-deposit boxes. Many city sidewalks are a muggers' mecca at night; the elderly dread walking anywhere, even in broadest daylight. The fear of street crime is changing the way America lives...
Medicaid is a governmental program with certain features Ronald Reagan would be expected to admire. Operating within only the broadest of federal guidelines, it permits individual states to determine who is eligible for its benefits, and lets the states decide how much doctors, hospitals and nursing homes can collect for the services they render. Georgia is one of the most tightfisted: it has stiff eligibility requirements and ranks 46th among the 50 states in Medicaid funds received annually from Washington, even though it is 13th in the population ranking of the states. Despite such frugality, Georgia expects to share...
...POOR is this "satire in the broadest comic sense" (the producer's label) that it manages to embarrass even some of America's funniest actors and actresses. Newhart, who must cope with a ridiculous scene about dreams, Kahn (who says about three words) and Radner (who goes to waste) hold up adequately under the assault of Henry's script but there is little they can do to salvage any humor or grace. As the ambassador to the U.N., Harvey Korman (who deserves a film of his own) stands out as particularly funny; perhaps he adlibbed his lines. The rest...
...inaugural address, Sovern spoke of the kinship between Columbia and New York City and the need to "provide the deepest, broadest, most challenging education...