Word: jacks
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...White House. Says a Baker aide: "The bottom Line for him is to walk out of the convention having shown that he has a little more fire in him than people thought." Kansas Senator Robert Dole, Gerald Ford's running mate in 1976, and New York Congressman Jack Kemp will each have about five minutes in the spotlight Tuesday night. Kemp, who is best known for his supply-side economics and tax-cutting fervor, will have a chance to look statesmanlike in his role as chairman of the platform subcommittee on foreign policy...
...platform will be considered on Tuesday morning, out of the glare of TV, and disgruntled factions are unlikely to muster the 25% vote necessary to take a squabble to the floor. Says Dole: "The President is the candidate this year, not Jack Kemp or Bob Dole. We do have to protect the President in that platform...
...controversy erupted when Columnist Jack Anderson publicized Tsakos' financial relationship with Hatfield's wife Antoinette, a prominent real estate broker. The Senator initially said that the payments to his wife, which were listed in his financial-disclosure report,* were for locating and supervising the renovation of an apartment in the Watergate complex that Tsakos bought for $520,000. When the seller of the apartment said he had never met Mrs. Hatfield and had sold the apartment to Tsakos directly, the Senator elaborated. Mrs. Hatfield, he said, had been paid $15,000 for showing Tsakos several apartments, including some...
Both of the U.S. basketball entries, men's and women's, were devastating during the first week. "Are there a lot of coaches who could take this team and medal? Yes," Canadian Men's Jack Donohue asked and answered. "But are there a lot of coaches who could make them play like this? No. There's only one Bobby Knight." It occurred to the Los Angeles Times's Jim Murray that putting Indiana's famous bully in charge of an Olympic team is like "assembling an aircraft carrier to ply the waters between Staten Island and the Battery." Murray wonders...
...raise taxes in 1985. The issue was tricky for Reagan not only because of its volatility among the electorate but also because the tax plank is shaping up as one of the few sparring points between moderates and conservatives at the upcoming Republican Convention. Supply-side Congressmen, led by Jack Kemp, want the platform to pledge specifically that taxes will not be raised in a second Reagan Administration. G.O.R leaders in the Senate and even some of Reagan's top White House advisers are convinced that new taxes are needed to help close the nearly $200 billion annual budget...