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...bidding, must show that he also has the flexibility to work with the institution when it asserts more independence. Otherwise, the pendulum will swing from a Congress that once had blind faith in Reagan's policies to one that is blindly determined to stop them. -By Walter Isaacson. Reported by Neil MacNeil and Evan Thomas/Washington

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Our Finest Hour | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...have a profound effect on the debate over how to counter the Soviet military threat. As with the addition of any moral element to discussions of public policy, this religious involvement offers many benefits. But, as many Catholic leaders have noted, it carries with it dangers. -By Walter Isaacson. Reported by J. Madeleine Nash/Chicago and Bruce van Voorst/New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Blast from the Bishops | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

...negotiation, between correspondents in the field and writers in the New York City office. But the partnership behind this week's cover story on political action committees was unusually close. Correspondent Evan Thomas, who suggested the story and reported it from Capitol Hill, and Associate Editor Walter Isaacson, who wrote it, were friends at Harvard a decade ago. Their paths recrossed in 1978, when both joined TIME as staff writers in New York. Then, again almost simultaneously, both transferred to TIME'S Washington bureau. Isaacson returned to New York in 1981, and the two have collaborated since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 25, 1982 | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

...months ago, when Thomas began thinking about a story on PACs, he flew to New York to discuss it with Isaacson. From his Washington perspective, Thomas was "struck by how many Congressmen seem to live in fear of PACs." Isaacson observed that "PACs have changed the nature of political campaigning-and of the legislative process." Once the project was approved, they continued to talk by phone two or three times each day. While Thomas interviewed dozens of Congressmen, lobbyists and academics, each of TIME'S U.S. bureaus filed extensive reports to Isaacson. "We used our normal system," says Senior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 25, 1982 | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

...Thank you.' " In the end, it is pressure from the voters that may limit the power of the PACs. Some lawmakers, like Missouri Democrat Richard Gephardt, detect rumblings of reform. Says he: "There is a growing sense that the system is getting out of hand." - By Walter Isaacson. Reported by Evan Thomas/Washington, with other bureaus

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running with the PACs | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

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