Word: reed
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...sent Powell articles on how to curtail abortions without a constitutional amendment. Some conservatives were quietly pleased last week when Powell, who had described himself as firmly pro-choice in September, took a more circumspect line. The change in tone is one reason why Christian Coalition executive director Ralph Reed, rather than denouncing Powell, plans to press Gingrich, G.O.P. chairman Haley Barbour and other Republican leaders into coaxing Powell farther to the right. That may not be easy. With a touch of defiance, Powell-the-pol argued last week that extremism loses elections. "Find your revolutionary who gets more than...
...uneven bars. Having months ago pandered to his party's right flank by returning a contribution from a gay Republican group, Dole astonished both friends and foes Tuesday by announcing to Ohio reporters that he was going to accept the contribution after all. Dole's campaign manager Scott Reed had returned the contribution from the Log Cabin Republicans in August, a campaign insider explained, in the belief that once conservatives found out about it and complained, he would have to reject it anyway. So he acted early to avoid any messy headlines. Now here was Dole reversing the decision, blaming...
...obscure Ellington tune from the Paris Blues Suite which featured tenor Andy Farber in a Paul Gonsalves feature. Marsalis ended the tune by leading the trumpet section offstage followed by trombones and saxes in a second-line march. A five-minute standing ovation brought Marsalis back with pianist Eric Reed for a rendition of Marsalis's best composition of the evening, the ballad "Spanish Yaounde." Another five minutes brought the entire band back for "Across the Track Blues" to close the night...
...ought to prefer a vaguely moderate, above-politics President Powell to another four years of President Clinton. That is why Republican Brahmins are busy making wonderfully subtle distinctions about Powell's support for affirmative action--an issue they formerly saw in stark, absolutist terms. It is why even Ralph Reed, front man for Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition, is making cautiously friendly noises about a man who says brazenly that he is "pro-choice" on abortion...
...POWELL LAST WEEK, IT WAS THE silences that were most impressive. Powell told ABC's Barbara Walters he favored gun control, but the National Rifle Association fired no rhetorical shot in reply. Powell said he favored abortion rights and was less than enthusiastic about promoting school prayer. Yet Ralph Reed, executive director of the conservative Christian Coalition, declined invitations to appear on TV to criticize him. Although he disagrees with Powell on those issues, Reed says, "There is a deep reservoir of admiration for Powell based on the integrity and rectitude of his own personal life...