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...some Republicans charged that Stockman had led them to believe that the President would accept the emergency fiscal 1982 funding measure hammered out by a Senate-House conference, even though Stockman was one of those who successfully urged Reagan to veto it. Said G.O.P. Senator Mark Andrews of North Dakota: "We all thought we had done the job. But Stockman found that he was using the wrong mirror, so he got himself another mirror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back from the Woodshed | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...mock assault. In subsequent days and weeks, across the expanse of northeast Africa, other exercises will range from the field testing of water purification systems to full-scale U.S.-Egyptian army exercises. The most spectacular event will occur on Nov. 24, when six B-52 bombers, flying from North Dakota bases and refueled three times in midair, will skim across the Egyptian desert at an altitude of a few hundred feet and drop live bombs (see map), a feat that will not necessarily inspire worldwide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Muscle-Flexing | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...Union a document verifying the circumstances of thousands of martyrs' deaths. Most died in slave-labor camps. For the final ceremony, 1,000 clergy and laity turned up, including Prince Vladimir, the Pretender to the Russian throne, and many converts: an Arab abbess, a Sioux priest from South Dakota, and two Japanese seminarians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A New St. Nicholas for Russians | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

According to one breathless account, the wooing of South Dakota Republican Larry Pressler included a visit from the Governor of his state, some attention from Maxwell Rabb, our Ambassador to Italy, who is here on other matters, three brief meetings with Reagan in the White House and finally a phone call from the President. Not bad for any Senator from a sparsely populated state like South Dakota. But in the big leagues of lobbying, the pressure on Pressler sounds like a page from the beginner's guide to Washington influence. Some folks around Washington, a little more seasoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: The Art of Enticement | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

LECTURE: "Recent Work"; Dakota Jackson; Morse Auditorium, Lecture Hall B1; Wednesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: b.u. | 10/29/1981 | See Source »

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