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Abt and others said her pleas to also consider additional ways of easing the city's housing crisis may have cost her the bid. "She goes one step further and says we can perhaps develop something better someday than rent control," CCA campaign chair Paul Walker said last night, adding...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Tenants Fail to Endorse Wendy Abt; Vote May Indicate Rift Among Liberals | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

As the commander of the 200,000-strong U.S. Army forces in Europe, General Frederick J. Kroesen, 58, knew he had become a prime target in the anti-American campaign waged by West German terrorists. Barely a month ago, the mild-mannered general finally heeded pleas by West German police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: Return of the Red Army Faction | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

Never mind Reagan's disclaimer that the enactments of the summer don't go into effect until October 1, or even the well-intentioned earnestness of his pleas for patience and sacrifice in the upcoming years. The technical economic arguments for tax cuts and spending reductions have never been the...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: A Pound of Flesh | 9/26/1981 | See Source »

The G.O.P. establishment, notably its members in the White House, have been importuning Helms and his supporters to postpone the inevitable legislative combat. The President's men fear that the emotional debates will destroy their happy, careful consensus. But Helms has not agreed to those pleas for discretion, just as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To the Right, March!: Jesse Helms | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

For all their pleas for a return to morality in national life, Congressional Club operatives conduct campaigns that flirt constantly with the unethical practice and the unfair charge. The club and its chairman, Tom Ellis, the Raleigh lawyer who is Helms' most powerful adviser, last year ran their own...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Machine That Jesse Built | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

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