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...President, who had vigorously controlled the agenda during most of his first term, stood by passively as his top advisers rearranged themselves. The reshaped White House staff, now headed by Donald Regan, has proved less adept at sniffing out and averting trouble than the first-term damage-control team of James Baker and Richard Darman, now the top men at Treasury. "Darman was very careful at keeping the President's rhetoric under control," says a high Administration official. The new staff, by contrast, favors a combative tone, and that tone has begun to backfire. White House Director of Communications Patrick...
...President, in his budget speech, showed some signs of greater realism. While remaining feisty, he for once made no reference to his re-election, apparently realizing that the mandate argument had worn thin. It has, and so has the first-term description of Reagan as the Teflon President, the man to whom no blunder would stick. Over time even Teflon can be scratched...
...Second-term Inaugurals may or may not be more fun than first termers, but one thing is certain: the next one will be of the first-term variety. It will have a different texture, a new feel, even if the Republicans are hosts again. Whoever wins the 1988 election will be hard-pressed to match Ronald Reagan when it comes to putting on a show...
...Cambridge is well known for its efforts to secure peace within our community as well as internationally," the first-term mayor said in a prepared statement to the council...
Adding that the former Lesley Ellis School was "an ideal spot" for senior citizen housing because it is near public transportation and Harvard Square, the first-term mayor said there are no other such housing facilities in the area for old people...