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...Robert Byrd, Louisiana Democrat J. Bennett Johnston last week abandoned his five-month effort to replace the silver-haired West Virginian as the party's Senate floor chief. "The reason I'm withdrawing is that I don't think I have the votes," said Johnston. In January Byrd will reclaim the post of majority leader, which he lost when the G.O.P. took control of the Senate in 1981. Scorned for his untelegenic image, Byrd, 69, beat Johnston's challenge through old-fashioned cloakroom influence. As Johnston put it, "Bob Byrd didn't get to be majority leader for nothing...
After governing the state from 1974-'78, Dukakis defeated then-incumbent Edward King in 1982 to reclaim the office. In his second effort--along with a bit of good fortune--he has performed and economic miracle. Massachusetts stands as the most economically robust state in the country--a state with the lowest unemployment rate and with the best potential for continued growth. While social services have gone up, taxes have gone down...
Segal's play starts one year after Julius Caesar's death, when his adopted son Octavian returns to Italy. Octavian wants to reclaim his inheritance, which Mark Antony has stolen, and he is determined to fight for his fortune. Octavian was confident of his military power, but he needed some political clout, so he persuades Cicero to come out of retirement, go back to the Senate, and challenge Mark Antony's supremacy...
...second major ruling, the Vatican in August ended Father Charles Curran's career at the Catholic University of America, citing his open disagreements with Catholic moral teachings on birth control and other issues. As Curran fights to reclaim his post, probably in vain, educators are nervously awaiting a Vatican decree that could clamp new doctrinal controls on all Catholic campuses...
...fewer than 15 belong to members of the class of '80, many of them inexperienced politicians who won by slender margins. While most of their seats are fairly secure, a highly vulnerable half a dozen or so have been specially targeted by the Democrats. If the Democrats cannot reclaim a majority this year, with only twelve of their seats on the line, the Republicans will have an excellent chance to cement control in 1988, when fewer G.O.P. Senators will face re-election...