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Wanda: Let's not play clobber-the-feminist, Ralph. When Pepsi's ad people approached Ferraro in January, they said they wanted to feature serious public figures talking about choices. Lee Iacocca and Peter Ueberroth were mentioned. O.K., Iacocca and Ueberroth haven't panned out, so Gerry was left to face the flak alone...
...past few weeks', Walter Mondale has tried to make the deficit question a central issue in the presidential election. In campaign speeches, he says that Government red ink threatens to "hike interest rates, choke off investment, clobber trade, destroy rural America, kill jobs and shrink our future." He proposes reducing the deficit by two-thirds over the next five years, mostly by curbing the growth of defense spending and raising taxes for families with annual incomes of more than $25,000. Reagan remains adamant against tax hikes, arguing that spending reductions and strong economic growth will trim the deficit...
From the viewpoint of the Reagan Administration, the timing could hardly have been worse. White House officials believe that the higher interest rates could clobber key industries like housing and autos just as the President heads toward the November election. Earlier this year, homebuilding appeared to be booming. In February, new housing starts reached an annual rate of 2.2 million. But in March, after interest rates began to take off, housing starts fell to 1.6 million, the sharpest monthly decline in 30 years...
...hostages had recently returned from Iran, Nancy and Ron were just settling into the White House, and everybody knew that Northeastern would clobber Harvard in the Beanpot opener...
Having snatched a tie after a full four quarters of frustration. Harvard might have been jubilant--but for the fact that it had been heavily favored to clobber its hosts...