Word: politicians
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...decision. Politically, pressure continues for a constitutional amendment outlawing abortions, and the G.O.P. platform went so far as to suggest that opposition to abortion should be required of prospective judges. The debate also involves whether those with deeply held views against abortion should feel compelled to oppose policies and politicians more tolerant of it. "I don't see how a Catholic in good conscience can vote for a candidate who explicitly supports abortion," said Archbishop O'Connor in June. Governor Cuomo, who opposes a ban on abortion, was angry at the Archbishop's political intrusion...
Given El Salvador's violent past and forbidding present, Duarte may seem to be embarked on a quixotic, even dangerous venture. Aware of the challenges-and the physical risks, should he push the armed forces or the conservative oligarchy too far-the engineer turned politician nonetheless remains optimistic that he can build democracy and stability in a land that has known little of either. "Give me a chance," he said to a group of visitors last month. "It won't be easy, but don't be impatient. We will get there...
...Labor. Shamir, on the other hand, promised that if he is allowed to be Prime Minister first, Labor would have the courtesy of naming both the Foreign and Defense ministers. Shamir insisted, however, that if Peres went first, Likud should get those two key portfolios. Responded a leading Labor politician: "If that's what they are demanding, forget...
Balancing-or perhaps outbalancing-that consideration, though, Ferraro decisively answered one of the hardest questions she had faced as a newcomer to national politics: How would she behave in a crisis? Veteran politicians of both parties gave her high marks for handling that crisis with unruffled calm, crisp authority and low-key humor. "She's tough; she put her head down and stuck with it," said Republican Senate Leader Howard Baker. Tony Coelho, chairman of the House Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, compared Ferraro to the most successful politician in the U.S. today: "She handled it exactly like Ronald Reagan...
Dressed in the saffron robes of a holy man, a role he played in many of his 300 films, Actor-Turned-Politician N.T. Rama Rao, 61, was mobbed by reporters and supporters when he arrived last week in New Delhi, India's capital. Though still recuperating from a recent heart bypass operation, Rama Rao had made the two-hour flight from his home state of Andhra Pradesh to protest his sudden ouster a few days earlier as chief minister, the state's top elected official. Rama Rao had been swept into that office only last year, when...