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When the struggle over the War Powers Act began last month, the man who designed that legislation, former New York Senator Jacob Javits, went to the Capitol to urge its use. His body is crippled by Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), but his mind is still honed by his love of reason and country. He would have preferred a six-month limit on presidential authority to keep the Marines in Lebanon instead of the 18-month limit President Reagan wanted. But when it was apparent the six-month limit did not have the necessary votes to pass...
...just this sort of recommendation-making and planning that Teeley enjoys about politics. An aid to former Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) starting in 1973 and a press officer in the 1976 Ford Presidential campaign. Teeley spent the off-years during the Carter administration at the Republican National Committee. There he worked under then-Committee Chairman William Brock devising campaign strategies that were to help bring about a Republican comeback in 1980. "When you're in the party out of power, things are a lot easier." Teeley recalls. "You can fairly attack the administration, take offense at their every...
...After Jacob, grandson of Abraham, had wrestled all night with the angel at the brook Jabbok, the angel dubbed him Israel ("Prince of God"), "for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed...
Rutgers University's Charles E. Jacob credited Reagan with creating "revolutionary change" in economic areas. Michael E. Kraft of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Norman J. Vig of Carleton College noted that Reagan's changes in environmental policy, whether good or bad, had discredited those who believed the American presidency had become a powerless relic. Other professors found that Reagan had created "a sense in the country that he is addressing fundamental historical questions," thus giving his Administration cohesion; that there is 50% more internal communication in Reagan's White House than there...
...assist to the death knell of Black voter apathy constitute important spinoffs from a Jesse Jackson presidential candidacy, thoroughly justifying it. These benefits over-shadow the concern of Jackson's detractors among Afro-American leaders like Benjamin Hooks of the NAACP and the National Urban League's John Jacob, among others, that, in Jacob's words--"the Black [presidential] candidate could very well turn out to be a spoiler--allowing... less desirable candidates to win primaries and perhaps even the nomination...