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...DIRECTLY confronting the moderate center and debating national rather than local issues. Harrington broke the rules of ward politics. "Michael was very direct, he never tried to soften his image," said Ron Fox, '60 who served as the campaign's coordinator for Lynn. "The whole tone of the campaign was dictated by the character of the man himself." Harrington's record as a state legislator testifies to his independent character. He has antagonized two successive speakers of the House, crossed party lines with impunity, and been punished with insignificant committee assignments...
...still lacks the solid industrial base that is a must for any modern power. Somehow, Peking will have to reassert the central government's authority over the vast hinterlands-something it lost during the Cultural Revolution. At the same time it will have to determine whether it should soften its standoffish attitude toward the rest of the world. Eventually it will no doubt have to consider toning down its hostility toward the U.S., which has moved from a romantic and sometimes patronizing vision of China to one of exaggerated fear, abetted by China's unyielding animosity. Washington could...
...this distinction irrelevant. True, the SEC regulates fund management companies more closely than the funds themselves, but the funds' activities are hardly outside the scope of its concern. New Hampshire Senator Thomas J. Mclntyre noted last week that the SEC had unsuccessfully advised the Senate Banking Committee to soften the language of a bill that would limit the fees that mutual funds can charge investors. Senator Proxmire said that he was "shocked" that Budge would negotiate for a fund job while that legislation was still pending. Other Senators also expressed chagrin. The bill has been passed by the Senate...
...there are few on the Hill who would disagree. He avoided consulting with congressional leaders on the new proposal until the last minute, for instance, and has remained practically unknown to the postal workers' union chiefs. O'Brien's political powers are obviously needed to soften the opposition, and he is cooperating...
...conviction that the Kennedys' position should be made public at the right moment. As a lawyer, he knew that it would be out of place to make a statement until the trial was over and the sentence imposed. Then there would be time for the judge to soften the sentence, or for a reprieve from the Governor...