Word: centrist
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...tough rhetoric coming from the Administration, and, in particular, the implication that opponents are dupes of Moscow, left many lawmakers steaming. "They are trying to make this the ultimate test of conservative patriotism," said Kansas Congressman Jim Slattery, a centrist Democrat. "The tactics have backfired," said another moderate Democrat, Dave McCurdy of Oklahoma. "The rhetoric, the harshness, are working against them." In a meeting with Shultz last week, these Congressmen strongly objected to what they called "red baiting." The Secretary insisted that the Administration was not questioning their patriotism...
...showdown. Republican Senator Richard Lugar, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, last week quietly proposed to the White House that some compromise plan on contra aid be sought before any floor vote. He was turned down. Nevertheless, there was some feeling on the Hill that a number of centrist House Democrats could still be swayed. "Today, we'd win," said one Democrat. "In two weeks, Reagan may pick off just enough votes...
...selecting her Cabinet, Aquino demonstrated an understanding of politics that impressed even her harshest Washington critics. Except for two Marcos holdovers--Defense Minister Enrile and Central Bank Governor Jose Fernandez --the 16 men and one woman given ministerial portfolios represent the spectrum of centrist opposition that supported Aquino's candidacy. The Cabinet has a firmly middle-class, moderate cast that is so reflective of Aquino's own background and political views that a reporter at her first press conference pointedly asked whether the choices were too "elite." The Cabinet selections did not please the far left, which decried them...
...N.P.A.'s best recruiter. Her hope is to eradicate the poverty and discontent on which the Communists build to promote their cause. "The N.P.A. sees that people are not willing to embrace any kind of repressive regime, whether from the left or the right," says Enrile. "Filipinos want a centrist, liberal, democratic person in government...
DIED. Potter Stewart, 70, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1958-1981) who became the crucial "swing man" in the Warren Court era (1953-69) and remained a careful centrist who avoided sweeping principles and ideological stances; after a stroke; in Hanover, N.H. He balanced general support for civil rights with opposition to affirmativeaction programs, belief in a vigorous press with a dislike of pornography. In his most famous opinion, he said in 1964 that he could not define such hard-core material, "but I know it when...