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...contention that liberals determine their stands by opposing the conservatives is groundless, ludicrous, unsupported by any reasoning, and insulting as well. Without a shred of evidence you accuse every liberal of not "carefully analyzing each question." This is extremely offensive, but so obviously groundless that it is not worth discussing further...
Marcos' critics on Capitol Hill were equally outspoken. "Marcos has lost whatever shred of legitimacy he had," said Congressman Stephen Solarz, a New York Democrat. Republican Senator Richard Lugar, leader of the 20-member team of U.S. observers that monitored the Philippine election, was even more ominous. Said he: "President Marcos has lost the church, he has lost the middle class, and clearly he is now in the process of losing military support...
...rockets around the stage with the febrile energy of a revivalist on skid row, but his every assertion is tinged with mockery. Although he claims to have seen the light, he is on a spree of destruction, not salvation. He wants to deprive his pals of their last shred of dignity, their dreams of resurrecting the past. Hickey was always a sometime drunk, still connected to the world of work and family. As he sees himself slipping, he tries to take everyone with him. He hurtles toward the unmasked truth and hopes that seeing it will turn him to stone...
...last week Dole knew he had to put a full budget resolution to a vote quickly; ballots on individual provisions would shred the package beyond recognition. He put the deal together with the help of White House Lobbyist Max Friedersdorf and Budget Director David Stockman, who spent nearly all his time during the final week in Dole's three-room office suite. They put through a series of calls to Reagan's traveling party in Lisbon--White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan took most of them--informing the President's aides what was happening...
...queens, derelicts, ganefs and hit men rub up against Joe (Danton Stone) and Darlene (Laurie Metcalf), a couple too amiable or dense to survive the Nighttown scene till morning. "They every one of them steal," one denizen grumbles, and steal they do: money, drugs, a cup of coffee, a shred of strutting self-respect, another minute of free-for-all banter before collapsing in sleep or death...