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...gentleman, Reston, 77, has survived the shark-infested waters of Washington with virtually no enemies and scores of admirers. Though criticized in recent years for losing his bite, he makes no apologies. "After more than 50 years," he wrote, "I remain an up-to-date, stick-in-the-mud optimist." Times Publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger says Reston will not be replaced on the op-ed page. He will contribute some columns and concentrate on his memoirs, which he says will be a "long love letter to America...
...another reminder that Nancy exerts extraordinary influence on her husband. The President considers her a trusted adviser, especially when it comes to hiring -- and firing. While Reagan avoids unpleasant confrontations, his wife is more hardheaded about staff failures and more willing to deal with them. "It's the eternal optimist in him," Nancy said of her husband a few years ago, "that if you let something go, it will eventually work itself out. Well, it isn't always...
...Last year we didn't have the schedule to prove ourselves," Delaney Smith said. "But, being an optimist, if we do well in the Boston Four and in Hawaii versus bigger Division I schools, and end up winning the Ivy League with a decent record, I'll definitely be politicking for an at-large...
...sides of Reagan -- the sympathetic optimist and the skeptic who keeps a jaundiced watch on persistent Soviet malfeasance -- will engage in an inner debate if a summit and arms-control agreements become more likely. The side that prevails may determine the President's place in history...
...kindest phrase for the ratings is "quite a bit off projections." But there is another week, and, in gold medals at least, the U.S.S.R. (43) and the U.S. (31) are in moderate range of each other. "I've always been an optimist," the American Georgian said, and proved it again while coming away from a visit to the Lenin Mausoleum. "A little pale," he exulted, "but looks great." Furthermore, Seattle has been selected to host the second quadrennial festival in 1990. In the meantime, Turner will busy himself with documentaries on both the Soviet Union and disarmament...