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...White House decision may be preceded by a short, sharp battle between Administration right-wingers led by Meese and moderates headed by Baker. The Meese faction wants to cement conservative control of the Supreme Court; Baker's group wants to choose a nonconfrontational conservative who would arouse less than die-hard opposition from liberals in the Democratic- controlled Senate. "Even if we make a quality selection, it could well be a tough go," says a Baker aide. Liberal Senators, however, are in a weaker position to stall Reagan's choice than they would have been if Powell had delayed...
...Lebanese faction took responsibility for the abduction. Nonetheless, it was widely assumed the thugs were members of Hizballah, the radical, pro- Iranian Shi'ite Muslim group that is suspected of involvement in most of the kidnapings that have occurred in Lebanon. Glass, who has spent a total of six years in Lebanon and was researching a book on the Middle East, was traveling near a husseiniyeh, or religious center, run by Hizballah when he was taken...
...nation's largest Protestant body, the 14.6 million-member Southern Baptist Convention, last week overwhelmingly re-elected the Rev. Adrian Rogers, 54, pastor of a Memphis superchurch, as president. It was the ninth straight presidential win for the Fundamentalist faction, which has used the office to build power on the boards of S.B.C. schools and agencies...
Last week's student-led protests could help change that. By demanding free elections, the demonstrators are advancing the formal opposition's most cherished goal. Says Kim Young Sam, president of the Reunification Democratic Party, the main opposition faction: "There is no solution to the present crisis unless the government agrees to our demands for a direct presidential election. The government has been driven to the wall...
...Kims can be as rigid and unyielding as President Chun. They showed that last April, when they broke away from what used to be the main opposition faction, the New Korea Democrats, to form the Reunification Party. At issue was a power struggle with Lee Min Woo, a leader of the older party, who was willing to compromise with the government on the shape of national elections in exchange for concessions that included greater press freedom and the release of political prisoners. The Kims' walkout left Lee's New Korea Democrats with a greatly reduced bloc of 22 seats...