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...indignation is Shultz's refusal to fill key State slots with true believers. Another comes from New York Times Columnist William Safire, who wrote last week in defense of Shultz, "America's right wing sorely misses Nelson Rockefeller . . . Politics without a villain is like a lens without a focal point." The man to hold responsible for Reagan's foreign policy, he noted, is Reagan. TERRORISM A Score Still Unsettled...
...Removing Tung could be part of a strategy to prevent that from happening. It would take away the focal point for dissent that Tung has become, and it would show that China's leaders are responsive to public opinion in Hong Kong. Both Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao have tried to convey the image of a kinder, gentler leadership that cares for the masses, even as they maintain a tight grip on power. During the SARS epidemic, for example, Wen sacked China's Health Minister for underplaying the scale of the crisis, and impressed Hong Kongers with his apparent warmth...
...worried about is the different interest groups around the country using this as leverage with Ford,” University of Chicago Provost Richard P. Saller says. “I worry that even if Ford’s position is tolerable, they will become a focal point for some of this angry lobbying...
Walters remembers that Turnbull was strongly opposed to the Vietnam War which was then the political focal point for many students at Harvard and across the country...
...reason that we keep it short and sweet is that you have to have some kind of focal point,” says Moore. “Of course we are going to work for all the other stuff, but first we need to have the students behind the council. Nothing can get accomplished without student support...