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...derision. None of Richard Nixon's political excesses kept him from crushing George McGovern in 1972. By the summer of 1973 the bulk of the Watergate crimes was beginning to crush him despite his stunning achievements in foreign policy. Every old sin, real and imagined, rose like a specter in the public revulsion. For Jimmy Carter it was about the time when interest rates and inflation were both hovering near 20%, the Soviets were machine-gunning their way around Afghanistan and American hostages were being held in Iran that a lot of Americans abruptly decided that his blue jeans...
Throughout the controversy set off by the mining of their harbors, the Sandinistas have refrained from a favorite tactic of the past: using the specter of imminent war with the U.S. to increase repression and further consolidate their political grip on the country. In fact, the Sandinistas were slightly loosening press censorship, and declaring their intention to proceed on schedule with national elections-criticized by the Reagan Administration as hopelessly biased in favor of the regime-on Nov. 4. Observed a Western diplomat in Managua: "For once, the Sandinistas seem to be handling the situation in a mature and sophisticated...
Here in Cambridge, Harvard officials acknowledge that the specter of such union activism is one of the reasons they have so fiercely opposed Medical workers' decade-long attempts to unionize...
...President mounted a low-pitched lobby, inviting Republicans Robert Stafford of Vermont and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania to the White House for some friendly persuasion. As he left the Oval Office, Stafford said to Reagan, "Of all the Presidents I've known, from Eisenhower to you, you're the hardest to say no to." But both Senators did indeed say no, along with 16 other Republicans and 26 Democrats. Political pressure appeared to play a role. Of the 29 Senators seeking re-election this year, 20 voted for the amendment. Of the 67 Senators not up for reelection...
Despite their studied neutrality, U.S. officials are aware that a D'Aubuisson victory would in all likelihood spell disaster for the Administration's effort to pry more Salvadoran military assistance from Congress. The possibility of a Duarte win, on the other hand, raises the specter of a backlash from the death squads and a more rapid decline for El Salvador's battered economy. Says a State Department official: "Duarte's principal problem is the business community. He's got to earn their trust. He needs them...