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Despite the similarities between the two glamorous, strong-willed and controversial First Ladies, Raisa and Nancy Reagan did not hit it off during their first meeting at the 1985 Geneva summit. Mrs. Reagan considered Mrs. Gorbachev a humorless and dogmatic Marxist ideologue. Friction between the two increased last year, when Raisa showed up at the Reykjavik summit after Nancy had announced she would be staying in Washington...
...slow to judgment. Other than anti-Reagan boiler plate, criticisms rarely pass his lips. Even some loyal aides concede that he has flitted from issue to issue in a way that reduces his effectiveness. Last week longtime Spokesman and Confidant Don Foley resigned from the campaign because of friction with Campaign Manager Bill Carrick. But Gephardt has often relieved subordinates by kicking them upstairs. "If I have one problem with him," said a longtime colleague, echoing others, "it is that there are no tests -- everybody's good. He is not critical enough." Gephardt notes that he has "consistently" fired people...
...there are some places where agreement between candidates breaks down. The issue of parent involvement in teacher evaluation creates some friction, as most CCA members support an active role for parents, while Independent candidates say that formal evaluation of teachers should be left to the administration...
...aborted negotiations between Kim Young Sam and Kim Dae Jung. Kim Young Sam, who shares the centrist policies of his rival, hinted that elements of the army were wary of the charismatic Kim Dae Jung. Kim Young Sam argued that he was the opposition's best bet to avoid friction with the military and therefore preserve democracy. But Kim Dae Jung spun that argument around. "On a couple of occasions," he said, "Mr. Kim Young Sam said that he would like to give up his candidacy in favor of mine but that he couldn't because some military men oppose...
Seeking to avoid friction, Arias left all mention of the contras out of his congressional address. But at a press conference following the speech, he objected to the Reagan Administration's attempts to win $270 million in fresh funds for the rebels. "Military support to the contras," he charged, "has been the main excuse for the Sandinistas to do all they have done in the past: to abolish individual freedoms, to abolish pluralism, to make Nicaragua a more dictatorial society...