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Thompson is considered a shoo-in for re-election this fall, though his likely Democratic opponent, State Controller Michael Bakalis, 39, is no lightweight. He has already started attacking Thompson on the issue of his presidential ambitions. "We have a Governor who plans to get out of the state as soon as possible," charges Bakalis. Other Democrats accuse Thompson of being a "do-nothing" Governor, though his program of "limited goals" seems to be as popular with voters in Illinois as it is with other Americans who are fed up with Government interference and bureaucracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Rookies with Big Dreams | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

Just before Cyrus Vance arrived in Jerusalem last week, Israel's Premier Menachem Begin caused a stir with a public admission: Israeli artillery regularly fires into south Lebanon to shoo away Palestinian guerrillas from Lebanese Christian enclaves in the border area. In fact, during a recent seven-day period, Israeli batteries-sometimes directed by observers in spotter planes-fired 16 times at Palestinian forces near the seven Christian villages in the border area; during the same week, the Israelis manned two observation posts in Lebanese territory and sent in seven patrols-one of which got into a firefight with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Israel's Secret War | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

...Penalizing owners of gas-guzzling cars with heavy taxes may depress the auto industry and increase unemployment. General Motors Chairman Thomas Murphy calls the plan "one of the most simplistic, irresponsible and shortsighted ideas ever conceived." Said Douglas Fraser, a shoo-in as the next president of the United Auto Workers: "Auto workers should not accept a disproportionate share of the burden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Carter's First Big Test | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

Before the students actually join the CRR, their names must be drawn by lot at a CHUL meeting (there are four spots available, so the freshmen are shoo-ins) and then sent to Dean Rosovsky, who formally appoints the students...

Author: By David B. Hilder, | Title: The End Of an Era? | 3/19/1977 | See Source »

...shoo-in for Indira. That was the dominant opinion when, after a year and a half of "emergency" rule, India's Prime Minister two months ago called elections for mid-March. Presumably, went the argument, shrewd Indira Gandhi would not be going to the voters unless she was certain of victory. But by last week, many observers in New Delhi were convinced that the elections Mrs. Gandhi could not lose had turned into a horse race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Uniting Against Indira | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

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