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When Williams became a victim of corporate downsizing in January 1994, he decided he'd try to reform the system by running for office. He and his wife have since found new jobs, but his political interests have stayed strong. A political middle-of-the-roader, Williams would like to see the budget balanced, but not at the expense of Social Security and Medicare or environmental protection. Endorsements by the state AFL-CIO and UAW should help, but he is an underdog...
...would move the party toward the center. Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder, who became a candidate on Friday, glories in his record of fiscal austerity. Paul Tsongas, the earliest aspirant, styles himself a pro-business Democrat. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, still mulling a run, comes across as a middle-roader. Of Harkin's rivals, actual or potential, only Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey might match him as an unapologetic prairie populist...
...alternative Reader's Digest stuffed with provocative articles gleaned mostly from the country's left- < leaning and fringe press. Founded six years ago, the Minneapolis-based bimonthly has become a handbook for baby boomers, new agers and whole earthers, as well as the odd eclectic middle-of-the-roader. Says television essayist Bill Moyers, an inveterate reader: "I wish I had invented it. It's sort of like an underground railroad of ideas...
...agriculture specialist Viktor Nikonov, 60. Gorbachev's main nemesis, Yegor Ligachev, 68, stays on, but Western diplomats believe it suits the President to have a significant figure to his right as a counterweight to Boris Yeltsin on his left so he can bill himself as a middle-of-the-roader. Gorbachev promoted new KGB chief Vladimir Kryuchkov, 65, and chief economic planner Yuri Maslyukov, 51. While both are considered supporters of perestroika, they are also veteran members of the party apparat, come from the same ideological mold as the men they replaced and give no hint of brilliance...
Revolutionary true believers used to call Deng a "capitalist roader." They were right in their accusation, but he was right in his perception that the Communist road was a dead...