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...first dustup occurred in Iowa, where the Democratic presidential candidates were appearing at a Jefferson-Jackson dinner for party activists. John Glenn set the tone by suggesting that Walter Mondale had been slavishly catering to a wide array of special-interest groups in his quest for the party's presidential nomination. "Will we offer a party that can't say no to anyone with a letterhead and a mailing list?" the Ohio Senator asked. When Mondale's turn came, he pushed aside his prepared text and zeroed in on his opponent's vote in favor...
...dustup over weapons policy came just as Reagan was trying to dispel a similar impression of disarray on important domestic issues. He spent much of the week grappling with ways to reduce the deficit-swollen federal budget and nudging a blue-ribbon commission toward a compromise on the politically explosive question of restoring the solvency of the Social Security system (see following stories). The air of uncertainty in the capital was heightened by the resignation of Richard Schweiker as Secretary of Health and Human Services, and by word that Tennessee Republican Senator Howard Baker, the Senate majority leader and Reagan...
...weeks ago, stranding 600,000 commuters, Mayor Tom Bradley, the Democratic candidate for California Governor, canceled campaign appearances so he could sit in on the contract talks. Five days later the drivers were back at work. As he has many times in the past, Bradley emerged from the dustup as a soft-spoken conciliator who knows how to keep the wheels of government turning. His Republican rival, California Attorney General George Deukmejian, promptly accused Bradley's labor allies of arranging the walkout for the mayor's benefit, a charge that a Deukmejian aide later admitted was groundless...
...latest dustup began when reporters aboard the Boeing 707 that flew Weinberger to Saudi Arabia, Oman and Jordan filed stories quoting a Pentagon official as saying that Weinberger wanted to "redirect" American military assistance away from Israel toward the Arabs. As soon as this appeared in print, another spokesman insisted that the message had been garbled; Weinberger wanted only to "redirect" U.S.-assisted Arab military efforts toward countering internal subversion, as well as potential Soviet threats. But suspicion was inevitably aroused in Israel, where some newspapers bluntly described Weinberger as "an enemy" because of his alleged pro-Arab views. (Haig...
...with no sweat. He could lead a troop of renegade soldiers out of Stalag 17 (for which he won his Oscar as Best Actor) or across The Bridge on the River Kwai. He was equally at home on the range, leading The Wild Bunch to one last dustup with destiny. Moving and speaking with the languid grace of inherited wealth (his father ran a chemical business), he wooed Audrey Hepburn into maturity in Sabrina and shepherded Gloria Swanson through the gaudy dementia of Sunset Boulevard. His easy sexual authority dared women to try to impress...