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Although Dukakis has not reversed outright any of the dovish positions he took in the primaries, his emphasis is different these days. He seems intent on preventing George Bush from portraying him as the purveyor of a McGooey isolationism -- as the Vice President eagerly hopes to do. So instead of stressing, as he did in Iowa, his belief that the U.S. already has far more nuclear weapons than it needs, the new Dukakis emphasizes his support for the doctrine of deterrence. He even praises Ronald Reagan for his emphasis on human rights while in Moscow...
Happily faced with a no-lose situation, Byrd, who sponsored the bill along with Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio and Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, repeatedly turned back Republican pleas for compromise. Once armed with the votes, they handily defeated an amendment that would have exempted layoffs, as opposed to outright plant closings, from the 60-day notification requirement...
...point man on the issue, Robert Beckel, the Jackson factor was effectively neutralized. The result was that Mondale got little in the way of fervent support from Jackson and his followers, but more importantly in the eyes of the Mondale campaign, he got little in the way of outright opposition. Talk of forming a third party ended up being just that...
...team, it may be The Game, but it's just another game. And like in most of its games this season, the Crimson wins. Behind Hinz's phenomenal day at the races (the junior rushes for 161 yards on 26 carries), Harvard triumphs, 14-10, and earns its first outright Ivy title since...
Taking time out from the NCAA Tournament, the men's soccer team decides to finish up regular-season business. The booters tie Yale, 0-0, and capture the outright Ivy League title. Now, it's back to the business of winning a national crown...