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Regan tried to parry Weinberger's counterattack at a breakfast meeting with reporters. The Treasury Secretary noted that by next year there will have been five straight years of sharp military increases, and he contended that "a slowdown in the rate of growth wouldn't do irreparable harm to our ability to defend ourselves." Added Regan pointedly: "The economy of the country is almost as important as our defense against outside enemies, and with these huge deficits we could be in danger of losing our economy...
...problems. At best, the Coalition's campaign for local legislation will mean fewer handgun-related killings; at worst, it will hamper the Coalition's national strategy and delay further the resolution of the issue by providing a target for what has proven to be a lethal sting--the counterattack of the NRA and other pro-gun groups...
Hunt aides now claim they knew Helms would resort to mudslinging. They say they had long prepared to counterattack by focusing first on Helms' record as a devout opponent of social security and abortion and as a lackluster Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and second on Helms' "retrogressive" mindset. But they were clearly baffled when Helms began to close the gap in the polls-he slung mud, as expected, but he also traveled the high moral road of emotive symbolism...
Meanwhile, in the second minute of Saturday night's contest, the Crimson started a trend which was to prove to be the pattern throughout the 90 minutes--they would attack or counterattack down the flank, make a great cross into the area, the goalkeeper would be drawn out of position, and nobody would be there to hit it home...
...exactly sure when the most recent church-state debate began, though it is certain that President Reagan's Dallas prayer-breakfast speech and Walter Mondale's vigorous B'nai B'rith counterattack mark the high points of the current cycle. A low point of sorts was reached when Jesse ("God is not finished with me yet") Jackson declared himself dismayed to find Reagan injecting religion into politics. When Jackson, Reverend and aspiring President, was practically running his campaign out of churches earlier this year, the issue seemed less pressing...