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...speech Reagan read was not an introduction of Doug Ginsburg to the nation, but the opening salvo in a highly partisan and combative plan authored by extremists in the Administration. Their goal was to ram down the throats of the Senate and the nation an unkown and unproven judge whose constitutional views would be hard to rebut because they would be hard to find and who, at age 41, could sit on the Court for decades. To make matters worse, officials did not deny that it was hoped the selection of the Jewish Ginsburg would pre-empt the opposition...
Women and Love, Hite's latest salvo in the battle of the sexes -- and the subject of this week's cover story -- sparked some skirmishes in the corridors of TIME. Many staff members who worked on the story were moved to conduct personal surveys on the state of male-female relationships. "It felt more like a national group-therapy session than a workweek," says Chicago Correspondent Elizabeth Taylor. Hite's basic conclusion, that women are profoundly dissatisfied in their dealings with men, was hotly debated. "Some people say her questions are rigged," notes Reporter-Researcher Jeannie Park...
With the President on the attack and the Democrats determined to force him to face up to a tax increase, the budget battle has become the year's most contentious issue. Although Reagan's television speech sounded hackneyed themes -- and got little public response -- it represents the first salvo of a new campaign. Over the coming weeks, the President will be out on the hustings preaching for his favorite reforms -- a line-item veto, a balanced-budget amendment and two-year budget cycles -- all of which are going nowhere in Congress. The Reagan message is simple. "In the critical matchup...
...stone's throw from the walls and huts of the Afghan hamlet of Seluddinkala, ten miles from Pakistan. Army officers claimed it was fired at an Afghan plane by a Pakistani F-16. Missing its target, it fell close to Seluddinkala. The incident became the latest salvo in the stepped-up Soviet-Afghan propaganda war against Islamabad and Washington. An Afghan official warned of "grave consequences" if Pakistan continued its "repeated border instigations and violations." For its part, Kabul denies ever purposely violating Pakistani airspace...
...suit is just the latest salvo in an ongoing controversy between the state and proponents of Seabrook. Last week, Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis said he would fight the opening of the New Hampshire plant despite a proposal by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that frees the way for the owners of Seabrook to get evacuation plans approved without state input...