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...grounding the airline, and another budget flyer, Kiwi, was ordered to cut back its fleet because of insufficient pilot training. The FAA administrator in charge of safety, Anthony Broderick, bailed out, while FAA head David Hinson and Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena vowed to turn their attention to such hot-button issues as the use of subcontractors for aircraft maintenance. They'll leave industry cheerleading to others. Given that this decision came after the death of 110 people, questions linger about the FAA's capacity to untangle red tape and effect radical change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAN WE EVER TRUST THE FAA? | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

...that state. On the trail, Dole told Republican crowds: "We're not going to write off California. It's going to be 'right on,' not 'write off.'" Despite photo-op stump stops at a San Quentin gas chamber and the Mexican border, Edwards says Dole has not focused on hot-button issues on the trail. "The core issues of his campaign are going to be more Contract With America themes such as balancing the budget and returning authority to the states," she says. "This is what he talks about in just about every speech." Next weekend, the Senate majority leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golden Gate | 3/26/1996 | See Source »

Until Forbes' recent shift on immigration, there was nothing about his message or campaign that suggested the politics of division. He avoids the hot-button social issues harped on by his rivals: he would not ban abortion, gun control or affirmative action. He is a sincere seeker of answers, a man genuinely concerned about social pathologies. He cites Kemp's policies of enterprise zones and tenant control of public housing as partial solutions to inner-city devastation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BRASS-KNUCKLED GENTLEMAN: STEVE FORBES | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

...Leadership is more than a slogan, more than the synthetic politics of hot-button issues and feel-good rhetoric devised by focus groups. Tempered by experience, broadened through historical perspective, a leader is willing to take the long view and to risk short-term unpopularity in pursuit of long-term objectives. He is someone comfortable with himself, sure of his core values...In short, someone very much like you and someone very much unlike Bill Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILL THE REAL BOB DOLE PLEASE STAND UP? | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

...latter ventures no further than things liberals love to hate. He takes us through thirty years of headline news and hot-button issues with takes that are equally well-worn. Standard fare, for instance, asks why John Hinckley was dubbed insane. After all, he wanted to shoot Reagan and date Jodie Foster. Other subjects include abortion doctor assassin John Hill, white guys with pent-up hostilty, and, of course...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Missing the Sixties, An Apocalypse Of His Own | 10/12/1995 | See Source »

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