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...microchip no larger than a few grains of rice has produced one of the most serious disputes between the two powers since World War II. Tempers are growing short in both Washington and Tokyo, and diplomats fear that problems could escalate. Europeans are joining the fray, thus causing concern about a rising tide of global protectionism. See WORLD...
...mainstream of Southern thinking." With probably 15 Southern and border states selecting about 30% of the 1988 convention delegates during the week of March 8, the field seemed tailored for a moderate Democrat who could tell the difference between kudzu and ivy. But likely Southern entries retreated from the fray: Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers and former Virginia Governor Charles Robb declared themselves out, and Georgia Senator Sam Nunn has temporized...
Women face more obstacles than men in running for office because until recently they have not been fully accepted into the political fray, three Republican politicians and one Democrat said in a forum cosponsored by the Institute of Politics and the K-School Women's Caucus...
...past year Cuomo has stuck close to home, exciting speculation even as he shied from the fray. But this Monday he goes to New Orleans and next week to Florida, and he plans further appearances this spring in New Hampshire and Iowa. He has met privately with top national strategists, among them Bob Shrum, Ted Kennedy's former word wizard, and Gerald Rafshoon, Jimmy Carter's media adviser...
...Milt felt that the presidential fever was building in Buchanan, he gave him his best dark-horse trim, which is a cut that is short all over, even on the sides and top, and starkly etched at the edges. But such artistry was not enough. Buchanan withdrew from the fray and has even decided to quit his White House post. Milt shrugs, "He's still got a cutting edge...