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...real story last week was further evidence of a slow but sure retreat from the pro-life stance that has been official Republican policy for ten years. Look at the G.O.P. as a "big tent," said party chairman Lee Atwater. "Forget politics. Do and support what you truly, truly believe. We are an umbrella party." Anyone who thinks Atwater is free-lancing without higher approval has been smoking crack with Marion Barry...
...rehabilitated run for a fourth term after he emerges from Hanley-Hazelden, as farfetched as that may seem. Barry, 53, pleaded with reporters to "back away" while he recovers from an unspecified "problem" that aides say centers on alcoholism. But even the tearful news conference that preceded his retreat to Hanley-Hazelden seemed calculated. The mayor, sweating profusely and looking to wife Effi for support, artfully excluded any mention of drugs. Barry's disappearance extricated him from legal wrangling over a possible plea bargain and from defense preparations that may hinge on the FBI videotape. Investigators, protesting that the tape...
...things that anger N.R.A. leaders as much as their reputation for recklessly opposing even the most sensible gun limits. Their goal, they insist, has been to ensure that gun-control laws are drafted tightly enough so that legitimate weapons and ammunition are not affected. They say their no- retreat, no-surrender approach to most battles is just tactical. "You don't give up ground from the first day," says chief lobbyist Baker...
...policy is not always as clear as principle. The Bush Administration does not want to see Mikhail Gorbachev unseated by conservatives who charge he has "lost" Lithuania. Neither, however, can Washington retreat from its historic position. The Administration has therefore said as little as possible, while hoping a compromise can be achieved...
...lack of proficiency at powder puff politics left my brother and me in constant retreat. We were even desperate enough to try to talk to the correspondents covering the event, a step that the experienced wives were never forced to take. But the society reporter would not talk...