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Before Johnny shed Jody, he acquired an announcer named Ed McMahon. This was to become one of the enduring show-business partnerships, but not until some rules were established. Carson's first Tonight show bandleader, Skitch Henderson, remembers the "many times I watched Johnny trying to get rid of Ed." Then McMahon stopped reaching for his own laughs and settled into the long-running role of Mr. Subservience...
...clashed with Wright's predecessor, Tip O'Neill, and has survived two attempts by the Democratic congressional campaign committee to target him for defeat in his suburban Atlanta district. While he awaits what is sure to be a protracted ethics inquiry, Gingrich will go on fighting. "If we get rid of Wright but keep 99% of the other Democrats, we've accomplished nothing," he says. "I'm ready for more action...
...attempt to reopen negotiations with the U.S. on that matter, if only to buy time. Unless a solution can be found quickly, Bush, like Reagan, could find himself sinking ever deeper into a frustrating brawl with a dictator whom few care for but no one knows how to get rid...
...Bush Administration might also do well to downplay the "Noriega must go" mantra. A kidnaping would be imprudent, and the U.S. lacks the means to get rid of Noriega unless it plans to mount an invasion, a move that would prove far too costly. If Washington's Latin allies perceive even a hint of Yanqui aggression in the region, they might rally around Noriega, as happened when the U.S. imposed economic sanctions 14 months ago. Moreover, by one U.S. / military analyst's estimate last year, an invasion, while feasible, could result in the loss...
Afterward, Kohl denied any intention of completely getting rid of nuclear weapons, a prime fear of the U.S., which deems them necessary to offset Soviet superiority in conventional forces. But the Chancellor added, "I think we are on the right path" in demanding early negotiations...