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...Hart with a toughness many thought Mondale lacked. As Illinois approached, Mondale began to lose some steam, but he remained well insulated by his able handlers. All of a sudden his stolid candidacy, which had contrasted so poorly with Hart's campaign of new ideas, began to look safer to voters unsettled by Hart's change of name (from Hartpence) and age (younger by a year). Said Housewife Marge Lannon, 37, who voted for Mondale in Illinois: "I was taken in by Hart, but then I remembered the peanut farmer who came in and was President before anyone...
...readers reacted in large numbers to the Nov. 7 coverage of the U.S. invasion of Grenada. President Reagan's military action was approved 323 to 231 among the 1,058 who wrote. Said a typical supporter: "What it all boils down to is that America is a little safer today because President Reagan had the guts to remove a cancer in the Caribbean...
...Citicorp purchased California's big Fidelity Savings & Loan ($2.9 billion). During the 1960s and '70s, many money-center banks began looking overseas in search of opportunities to expand. But with their books now showing bad debts from Poland, Brazil and other countries, bankers are trying to tap safer, domestic markets...
...company has made a series of design improvements over the years; recently added features include a new control system and a safer and longer-lasting main fuel pump. Both General Electric and Pratt & Whitney had lobbied hard to win the contract. While GE officials disparaged their competitor as "Brand X," Pratt & Whitney executives dismissed GE as the "lightbulb company." Last week Pratt & Whitney proclaimed in a full-page newspaper ad that the F100 was "a new bench mark for fighter engine reliability and durability." One battle in the Great Fighter Engine War is over, but the fighting is sure...
...improved status shows that the city is a safer debtor and could save about $160,000 in interest during its next bond sale, City Manager Robert W. Healy said yesterday...