Word: hills
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Blunt and a tad belligerent, America's senior citizens are suddenly flexing their biceps in presidential politics. Flush from a Capitol Hill victory that protected Social Security increases from the budget ax, the Gray Lobby has turned its muscle to states where early contests will winnow the field of presidential candidates. Across the country, campaign operatives report that no other group has emerged in this election cycle with such unexpected force. "Any candidate who wants to win in 1988 is not going to mess with the old folks," says Thomas Kiley, an adviser to Michael Dukakis...
...partly to prevent other organizations of the elderly from stealing the thunder. Next on AARP's agenda: a multibillion-dollar proposal for federal insurance to cover long- term at-home or nursing-home care. While other lobbies are often content with dumping a blizzard of preprinted postcards on Capitol Hill, AARP members tend to write their own letters. "AARP is the equivalent of an 800-lb. gorilla," says Congressman Hal Daub, a Republican on the Social Security subcommittee...
...distress call came from Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 halfway on its run from Los Angeles to San Francisco, flying at 22,000 ft. Two minutes later, the British Aerospace commuter jet shrieked toward earth in a nearly vertical dive and disintegrated as it slammed into a hill near Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County. All 43 aboard were killed, including four executives of Chevron Corp. From that baffling beginning, other messages gradually unraveled the mystery of what had happened...
...President is going to need all the help he can get from top Republican Senators. "It is only when the senior leadership and the White House work in tandem that people will be able to not vote for something Wallop or Helms introduces," says a veteran Capitol Hill staffer. He adds, "A lot will depend on Dole." Fortunately for Reagan, the Senate minority leader and presidential candidate finally seemed ready to support the accord, after weeks of mealymouthed hedging. Last week Bob Dole called the INF treaty a "watershed accomplishment." He also said he did not foresee "any amendment that...
Three-pointers: Duncan, Hill. Fouled out: None. Assists: Vermount 17 (Lewis 8); Harvard 16 (Keffer 5). Turnovers: Vermont 19 Harvard 25. Rebounds: Vermount 36 (McKay 7) Harvard 47 (Duncan...