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Considering the key industrial states as a whole (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Carter leads by a larger margin (43% to 36%) than he did in September (39% to 36%). One partial explanation may be that Catholics have shifted toward the President (43% favor him now, compared with 38% last month). On the other hand, however, Reagan is now even with Carter among blue-collar workers, whereas Carter led by 10 points in September. The race in the heavily populated industrial regions remains extremely close. The shift of very few percentage points would swing not only...
...week's end Administration officials reported that Iran was considering an initial release of up to 40 hostages, with the others to be held pending a final settlement of the U.S.-Iran dispute. But such a partial liberation would put Carter in a political bind at home-especially if the remaining hostages were subjected to trials. Washington thus sent word to Tehran insisting on the release of all the Americans at the same time...
...advantage is that we have a backlog of information and the time to analyze it," May says, adding that, "The professionals' memories will be partial; we provide a context for their decision-making...
...some ten minutes later, the broken cup is getting the biggest laugh of the night -- for Manchester. Looking at the plastic, she shrugs and tosses it over her shoulder. "Has Murray been drinking again?" The audience, a mob partial to Manchester, finally laughs at the comedian...
...something frightening about seeing your own harmless perversions enthusiastically endorsed by hundreds of people. Except these people didn't seem to want to question their responses. They seemed like the leering, drooling maniacs in the asylum scene of Brian Depalma's Dressed to Kill, applauding the strangulation and partial stripping of a nurse. The image is a sardonic joke and undoubtedly meant to mirror the audience, but thousands of humorless nurses and women are picketing the film across the country, claiming it presents violence against women as erotic. They ought to be out marching against Humanoids from the Deep instead...