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Partisan clamor in Congress over the goals and methods of American diplomacy. U.S. warships hovering off a foreign coast. Growing American military activity in a tense region, a presence intended to shore up a beleaguered government in the midst of prolonged and bloody civil...
...into full gear, Reagan and his cohorts recently resuscitated the issue. This turn of events throws considerable doubt on the Reaganites' claims that all they are trying to do is to welcome the God "who loves us" back into the classroom. Rather, it suggests tht Reagan wants to shore up support among New Right groups in the South and Roman Catholics in the North, as some of his more honest aides have admitted...
...part, the U.S. was left literally bobbing at sea by the passage of events. Days after the last of the U.S. Marine contingent from Beirut International Airport had clambered aboard American vessels off shore, the frigate W.S. Sims lobbed a barrage of 20 naval shells onto Lebanese territory. The fire apparently was ordered to protect a small contingent of U.S. gunnery spotters working alongside Gemayel's Lebanese Army. Then the guns fell silent...
...principal issues in the campaign will be transportation and the environment. The quick completion of repairs on the Southeast Expressway, which connects the South Shore with Boston, heads the list of area concerns. The presence of toxic PCBs in New Bedford Harbor and cuts in the Coast Guard budget have upset district residents and are major campaign issues...
Murray Weidenbaum, a mainstream conservative economist who served as the first chairman of Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers, was never comfortable with the rosy claims made by the Administration's supply-siders, and resigned in the summer of 1982. To replace Weidenbaum and shore up the sagging credibility of Reaganomics, the White House turned to Feldstein, another conservative with strong credentials...