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...ideology. An outsider on the Reagan team in 1980, he overcame White House infighting, criticism from the far right, which considered him too moderate, and suspicion of involvement in the Debategate scandal to emerge as the President's most valuable player. He owes his success largely to an uncommon skill at forging coalitions across ideological lines. His finesse in dealing with politicians is matched by his rapport with much of the Washington press corps. In an Administration wary of journalists, Baker has cultivated reporters and quietly rallied public opinion behind the President's policies...
...Randall, a former investigative reporter who was directed to the Franklin imbroglio by Historian Catherine Drinker Bowen, has done a brilliant reconstruction from archival material widely scattered in England, France and the U.S. Although his research was thorough enough to produce a 700-odd item bibliography, Randall's greatest skill is portraiture. In A Little Revenge, both Franklins are vital, believable figures: Benjamin, "puffy and smooth from gout, his body overweight and rounded into the peculiar barrel shape of the once-powerful swimmer too long out of the . water"; William, "a smoother, thinner, sharper replica of his father, with...
Under the direction of Coach Bruce Beall, the lightweight crew team has been working with similar meditative techniques since last spring, concentrating on the skill of attention focusing. "In the realm of the mind you can go to L.A. and back," says Beall, explaining that his crew's weekly group session and individual tape practice help the rower keep positive concentration during a race...
...previous weight requirement was based on a boat's average weight, not on each rower's maximum weight which meant," says Dietz, "that sometimes one had to pick boats by weight and not by skill." The new system, she adds, "not only allows for people to know in advance what they have to weight but encourages slow and gradual weight loss...
...Angeles Olympics became a spectacular dramatization of a renascent American entrepreneurial energy and optimism. The driving force behind them was Peter Victor Ueberroth. For his supreme skill in making the Games work, and work brilliantly, Ueberroth is TIME's Man of the Year...