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...that trait was easy to overlook--Haig was only a tough-looking general with visions of grandeur and Reagan was an unemployed ex-governor. Now Haig is the President's Secretary of State, a post which, as many presidents have stressed, should never serve as one man's bully pulpit or stepping stone to the Oval Office. As recent events have shown, Haig has yet to learn that lesson...
...working the crowd expertly, talks the price up to $1.50 a head. Sold to Randy Horstman, 12, of Metropolis, Ill., who has bought heavily in gerbils some minutes before. Now someone stretches up and says something to Hale, high in his red-painted auctioneer's pulpit, and Hale looks unsure whether to giggle or break down crying, and he clicks on the microphone and says: "Folks, man here bought himself a 7-ft. 6-in. camel a couple of hours ago, and he's only got a 7-ft. horse trailer to put it in, so what...
...plenty. The mandate does not necessarily include far-right hit lists, censorship, the absence of gun control, prayer in schools and a constitutional amendment banning abortion. These things are significant if problematical, but they do not represent majority wishes. Nor does the Reagan mandate suggest approval of a national pulpit for Jerry Falwell's lethal sweet talk or of the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC), whose liberal-hunting leaders have been jumping up and down like Froggie the Gremlin since Nov. 4. The majority voted for Reagan because he appeared to be a reasonable man, and a reasonable presidency...
Politics from the Pulpit...
...South End, and Dr. Virgil Wood, dean of the African-American Institute at Northeastern University, still meets at rotating locations each Thursday to discuss ways to make the Covenant work. As of last February, some 275,000 people had signed the statement, and programs for youth participation, a pulpit exchange between churches, and emphasis on social services were announced in a shiny new pamphlet issued this fall...