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...Democrats second plank in the Southern strategy was having Texas State Treasurer Anne Richards give the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention...
...last May's general election and supplanted the liberal Progressive Federal Party as the official opposition in Parliament. Kragdadigheid, or a show of strength, is a standard tool in Afrikaner electioneering, and the security of South African borders and the country's white minority has long been the central plank in the National Party's political platform...
...Olympic men's downhill ski race at Mount Allan, near Calgary. You throw in your dollar, reach into the hat, and pull out the name of Switzerland's Peter Muller, say, or Canada's Rob Boyd. Congratulations! These are hairy-eared mountain men, eaters of nails, sleepers on plank floors, and you are looking fairly good to win a hatful of dollars. Muller, at 30 still the toughest downhill specialist since Austria's Franz Klammer, won the pre-Olympic downhill trial at Mount Allan last season. In downhill he was World Cup champion in '79 and '80, second...
NATION: An admiral walks the plank, taking blame for the Iran- contra diversion...
...Reagan Administration considers the Soviet leader' s proposal for eliminating nuclear missiles from Europe. -- How the zero option grew from a leftist slogan to the main plank of an arms- control agreement. -- Gary Hart, lone political warrior, officially enters the 1988 race. -- Florida prepares for new taxes, while a Texas town, tired of fighting city hall, eliminates...