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...seems to be loath to support funding for programs to ease the impact of energy development in the Mountain States. For four years Gary Hart has been putting up legislation to soften the impact, and Congress has been battling it down...
Phillips realizes that he and his comrades "won't win most of the battles," but he insists that it is through active resistance that the conservatives can soften their foes for future clashes. He outlines four basic issues Reagan and his Congressional allies must address to satisfy the loyal legions of the far right: achieving "military superiority" over the Soviet Union before attempting further arms limitations talks; balancing the budget to avoid the 25-per-cent inflation Phillips sees looming in the near future; "reversing" our Latin American policy, giving less emphasis to human rights and more to resisting communist...
...South Dakota, for instance, where McGovern is making his fifth and, he promises, his last, run for the Senate, "Target McGovern" and other groups began as early as two years ago to disseminate literature and recruit volunteers, all in an attempt to soften up the progressives for Republican challenger Jim Abdnor. Abdnor pressed the attack on pocketbook issues, letting his less chivalrous allies address issues like abortion. But their efforts began to backfire--one pamphlet accused the father of five of being a baby killer, enough to convince many South Dakotans that their senior Senator truly was the victim...
...common market as a thin disguise for a U.S. attempt to grab their oil, gas and other natural resources. Leftist leaders in Latin America fear that Reagan might bring back big-stick diplomacy. But the continent's right-wing dictators are rooting for Reagan; they think he would soften Carter's human rights policy. Says a high-ranking Argentine military officer: "We want to be treated as allies, not enemies...
Pyongyang watchers predicted that Kim II Sung will concentrate on foreign affairs, his son on domestic problems. If he is elevated to the presidency, Kim Jong II is not likely to soften his father's hard line toward South Korea. He is feared as a hawk in Seoul, where one analyst said darkly: "Our relations with North Korea are about to enter a new era of cold...