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...trial. Robertson is suing McCloskey for claiming that he sought help from his father Senator A. Willis Robertson to avoid combat duty in Korea. A review of evidence collected by McCloskey's lawyers reveals that Robertson may be in for a blitzkrieg of bad publicity. Several fellow Marine officers corroborate McCloskey's claim, and a letter from Robertson's father to Marine General Lemuel Shepherd expresses his pleasure that Pat "will get more training before engaging in combat duty in Korea." If the suit is settled before trial, Robertson may have to pay McCloskey's legal fees...
...which can be found in the following pages. , Seven TIME correspondents, combing the tax code and federal programs from agriculture to welfare, searched for new revenues and spending cuts that would be feasible and fair. Among the many experts they consulted, several were especially helpful: Rudolph Penner, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute and former director of the Congressional Budget Office; Joshua Epstein, senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution; Robert Greenstein, executive director of the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities; and his colleague Gordon Adams, director of the center's Defense Budget Project...
...Democrat trying to shuck that liberal image is Al Gore of Tennessee, who seeks a broad coalition in the political center. A fellow Senator, Paul Simon, argues that despite his record as an old-fashioned liberal, he has always attracted Republican votes in his home state of Illinois. TIME's poll had bad news for both. Among all registered voters, they scored close to the top of the "would not vote for" category, with 65% each. Republicans found them even less attractive (73% saying no to Gore, 71% to Simon), and registered Democrats gave them an identical vote of least...
That put only a temporary damper on the party being thrown by the athletic % underclass. Most were even making plans for 1992 and beyond. "I've got at least two more Olympics in me," declares Gonzalez. Fellow Luger Tucker is also future-gazing. "Maybe," he says, "it's time to start driving a bobsled." En garde, Albert...
Dukakis does not develop easy relationships with fellow politicians. Last fall several Governors told Dukakis they considered him the most able of the Democratic candidates. When he pressed them for endorsements, they made excuses and backed away. They admired Dukakis, but together they decided he was too hard to get close to. They wondered whether in a showdown, his politician's instincts would be the same as theirs...