Word: ducks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...presidential clout. I don't think the fact that the President is not running for office again means that he can't effectively mobilize support for something that should be inherently popular to begin with, unless you assume that any American President is a lame duck the day he gets re-elected. I don't buy that, so I think he will be able to mobilize. I think he will engender rather substantial support on the part of the public, and that, in the final analysis, is whom Congress listens...
Indeed, winning the tax-reform battle would forever make mythic Reagan's political touch. But if the rewards for the President are great, there are certainly risks. Losing could stamp him as a feckless lame duck. And at this point, failure is at least an even...
...lightweights opened their Eastern season last weekend with a 34-second victory over Wellesley and Tufts. Although beating the neighbors came as no surprise--a strong duck could probably paddle his way past Wellesley and Tufts--the margin of victory was encouraging for the Black and White...
Resourceful as ever, PEtty and the redoubtlable Roger decide they will have to make do with what they have. We find Roger consucting military exercises and falling into the duck pond. Roger patrolling the yard falling into the duck pond, Roger ezperimenting with do-it-yourself bean can bombs and falling into the duck pond. One of their better ideas is to convert a microwave oven into a missile deflector. Unfortunately, this piece of genius is ultimately stymied by Roger's lack of techincal expertise...
...trouper in the White House is playing one scene at a time, hoping to put together a string of successes like the one last week. "This was the first real test as to whether it's a healthy or a lame duck," said White House Congressional Liaison W. Dennis Thomas. "And this bird flew...