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...years, so Howe had only to be fairly moderate and evenhanded to come out ahead. In fact, his modest proposal for a $2.35 billion expansion of the economy managed to win approval from business leaders and even backbench conservatives who have been critical of Thatcher's harsh economic policies. "This will be a budget for industry, and so a budget for jobs," Howe declared in his address to the Commons. "But it will be a budget for people as well...
Optimism in the face of harsh reality, then, is Reed's new-found philosophy. The singer constantly agonizes over "the world's impending storm" and "a world in a terrible state." But unlike his earlier works, a warm and positive feeling suffuses. The Blue Mask. Reed, a veteran of a difficult business and a difficult era, could easily have become a cynic with age. But instead of displaying unalloyed disgust, Reed confronts us with a touchingly realistic album that tempers anger with hope...
...acid test of that sort of causal theory is whether it works at the individual level, whether harsh personal misfortune really causes epiphany or just pragmatic accommodation. The jury is still out on which one 1980's political turnabout represented, but I'll hazard a guess that it was the latter, lesser phenomenon. That verdict's not based on any sophisticated contentions that the nation's temporary economic woes did in Jimmy Carter, or that the Republican resurgence was a mere public relations coup capitalizing on the ineptitude of the incumbents--though there's much in both analyses...
...headed out into the world on her Foster Grandparent program and her promotion of drug rehabilitation. Further, something has happened in the press. The stories have softened. There has been a backlash in favor of the resolute First Lady with the Adolfo pattern. After writing a particularly harsh piece, a Washington Post columnist was deluged with mail expressing outrage-at the columnist, not Mrs. Reagan. George Gallup polled Americans and found her the woman they most admired...
...extreme right wing. His supporters circulate Tejero key rings, Tejero posters and even bogus Tejero bank notes. Ironically, the future of Spanish democracy may again be in the hands of officers: the 16 military judges presiding over the court-martial. A lenient sentence would outrage many Spaniards. But a harsh one could provoke a dangerous right-wing backlash - and possibly even another coup attempt...