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...admittedly, a Democrat, but many self-respecting Republicans were also concerned about the implications of having an untried, self-educated "rail splitter" as a leader in time of grave national crisis. Charles Francis Adams, a leading Republican and the son and grandson of Presidents, wrote of the new President-elect in his diary: "Good natured, kindly, honest, but frivolous and uncertain." The doubts and fears of many Americans were expressed by a newspaper editor who asked, "Who will write this ignorant man's state papers...
...Teamsters was one of the few unions to support Reagan in the 1980 election. After Reagan won, Presser was made a consultant on union matters to the President-elect's transition team. He was a guest at the White House in 1983 when he met with Ed Meese, then a Reagan aide and now the Attorney General. After the 1984 election, Reagan and Meese visited Presser to thank him for his support...
Plaintiffs' attorneys are every bit as willing to point the finger. Insurance companies, they charge, are using deceptive tales of excessive damage awards to justify the exorbitant premiums that they charge the public. Says Browne Greene, president-elect of the California Trial Lawyers Association: "Their greed takes us back to the robber barons of the 19th century." Many consumer organizations add that insurers are seeking unjustified premium hikes to cover up their own bad management and poor judgment of risks...
Although the N.C.C.'s tactics worked in 1984 to re-elect Helms in a close victory over then North Carolina Governor James Hunt, this time they may backfire. Broyhill has long represented the state's traditional Republicans, while Funderburk has never run for public office. The Congressman has tried to remain above the fray, refusing even to debate his opponent. Broyhill is still the front runner, but with only 20% of North Carolina's nearly 800,000 Republicans expected to vote in the primary, the decision could be close. The true winner could be the Democrats, who hope that after...
...clamorous black demands for full political representation. Nor do they threaten the legally enshrined principles of racial segregation, which include separate schools and residential areas for different racial groups. All this prompted some critics to question the depth of the government's commitment to change. Warned Archbishop-elect Desmond Tutu of Cape Town, the 1984 Nobel laureate and outspoken critic of the government's policies: Blacks must "be aware of the small print. Some form of influx control may be brought in through the back door." Tutu's concerns were further aggravated later in the week when security officials detained...