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...November 28. One of the most important responsibilities of the Senate Majority Leader is the ability to deal with his Democratic counterpart on a daily basis, and to be able to effect compromise on key policy issues; McClure's penchant for hostility towards the other party would seriously handicap his dealings with Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd...
...biggest handicap of all for the Crimson--the loss of All-World players Steve Munatones and Dave Fasi to graduation--is being overcome admirably by the squad...
...Sears buyer, Brennan was the youngest of three contenders for the job of president. That had been expected to be a handicap at sometimes conservative Sears, but two towering figures in Sears' history, Julius Rosenwald and General Robert Wood, were younger than Brennan when they took over. To help celebrate the occasion, Telling ordered out for a no-frills Sears executive lunch. The menu: pepperoni-and-sausage pizza...
Reagan's assistants are puzzled about how to handicap Ferraro's effect on the race. They concede she has some strengths. Some White House aides speculate that her selection might help the Democrats hold the votes of the Yuppies, who turned out heavily for Gary Hart but viewed Mondale as a man of the past. Ferraro also presents the Republicans with a delicate problem: how to campaign against her without looking sexist...
From foreign central bankers to Citicorp mail clerks, everyone was willing to handicap the contest. At first, many Citicorp executives bet on the smooth-talking Angermueller, who was more popular than the sometimes abrasive Reed and the often arrogant Theobald. Then Theobald seemed to get ahead on the basis of Citicorp's profitable foreign lending operation, which was riding high until Latin American debt problems arose in 1982. Wriston refused to drop any hints about who was in the lead. In 1982 he promoted the three in tandem to the title of vice chairman. All earned precisely the same...