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...warehouses, some was simply lost. Most was intercepted by Thai soldiers, appropriated by the Kampuchean government or seized by the warlords (often Khmer Rouge toughs) who tyrannized many of the border camps. Ultimately, Shawcross contends, the famine was nothing but a false alarm put about by the Vietnamese to exploit the overanxious conscience of the West...
...strictly political terms, Kennedy's election also reinforced the loyalty of immigrant Catholic voters to the Democrats. Can Ferraro's nomination exploit the gender gap in the Democrats' favor, attracting a large majority of women voters to the party's coalition for years to come? Economic and ideological divisions among women are considerable, and women are scarcely likely to vote as a bloc. Still, some analysts believe that a historic shift could be hastened by Ferraro's candidacy. "The Democratic Party by this step has clearly embarked on redefining the party," says Pollster Steve Teichner...
...million Perot, 54, a man of military demeanor, established at EDS a corporate culture based on formality, patriotism and performance. In 1979 he dispatched a former Viet Nam commando and a group of executives on a defiant rescue of two EDS officials being held captive in Tehran. The successful exploit was chronicled by Author Ken Follett in the bestselling On Wings of Eagles...
...Jimmy Carter to gird us for the energy crisis. Before that, we have had wars on poverty, crime, cancer and even war itself (World War I). Now, Mr. Carter knew that turning down thermostats and risking lives in combat make disproportionate claims on the citizenry. Indeed, he sought to exploit that disproportion to rally the nation to the unglamorous task of conserving energy. The idea was to make the notion of conserving energy more important. What went unconsidered was what that kind of linguistic maneuver does to the idea of going to war. The problem with summoning a great moral...
...exploit this caricature of an out-to-lunch President, Mondale will portray himself as "Mr. Competence," a hands-on executive who is familiar with the levers of power and how to pull them. Says Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Matthew Flynn: "Fritz is decent, safe and steady. People trust him to do the predictable thing. He won't tamper with Social Security or go to war." Mondale says he is eager to show his steadiness, and expose Reagan's tenuous grasp of the issues, in "several" TV debates...