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While Mondale glowed, on the attack at last, Ronald Reagan grumped, on the defensive for the first time in the campaign. The loser in Louisville by common consent, the President seemed off stride early in the week; he meandered through speeches in Charlotte, N.C., and Baltimore, drawing only polite applause from friendly audiences. But by midweek he had regained his form. He began to counterpunch, denouncing by name an adversary he had loftily ignored in most of his appearances before the debate. "My opponent in this campaign has made a career out of weakening America's armed forces!" cried Reagan...
...disagree on the basis of every attempt at such "initiatives" that have been started since the troubles began. Their inevitable failure results from the fact that neither side can accept any constitutional change. Any infringement on the sovereignty of the North is immediately denounced by the Unionists, whose consent is essential for any "rolling" solution to have a chance of success. Any concession by Nationalists can be immediately declared by any political rival as a sell-out, and forcibly withdrawn. But, you will reply, we must not stop trying: it can't do any harm...
...East-West affairs, pointing out that as Senator and Vice President he had three discussions with Gromyko. The Soviet Foreign Minister, who in all probability viewed his meeting with Mondale mainly as a courtesy gesture, was unlikely to offer anything not already passed on to Shultz. By mutual consent, no communiqué describing either the tone or the content of the meeting was planned...
...Human rights violations were largely attributable to death squads," says Snyder, echoing the opinion of members of the Salvadoran church and human rights organizations. "These squads operated with the consent and even participation of the military. Their violations far out-weigh the real but minimal number of incidents of civil violence perpetrated by the insurgents...
Still, the great thing about a suit against the final clubs is that it would force them to show their true colors. To avoid having to comply with a consent decree and go co-ed, they would have to hire attorneys to show how sexist they really are. There would be no middle path...