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Helms has so angered other senators and congressmen with his scornful brand of confrontational politics that in 1981--despite his leadership of the Agricultural Committee--Helms had to rely on the Senate's Republican leadership to win that traditional North Carolina constituent service, pork barrel tobacco price supports. And his...
"It was founded by moderates to reassure radicals that there are ways to change the institution without destroying it." John P. Marquand, assistant dean of the College, said yesterday.
But the significance of the Senate voting was hidden; it was less in the outcomes than in the margins. "The Democrats came within a whisker of having a landslide," said Wendell Ford. Democratic incumbents won handily, most rolling up wins of 20 points or more. If the Democrats had picked...
The most intractable opponent for González's untested team may prove to be the economy, which will give him little room to maneuver in carrying out Socialist programs. A report issued by the Bank of Spain last week outlined an austere economic stabilization plan that includes wage...
BRADLEY, now in his third term as mayor of Los Angeles, has never relied exclusively on the Black vote. The city is 15 percent Black, and the figure for all California is only 7 percent. Bradley's precious successes were only possible with the support of a coalition that includes...