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Bush's people are closely watching the floundering campaign of Sen. Howard H. Baker (R-Tenn.), who got off to a late start and for whom anything less than third place in either state could spell disaster. A poor showing by Baker would excite Bush; the former ambassador hopes to knock his main moderate challenger out of the race early, Butler says...
Once Bush moved out of the asterisk category, however, Reagan found out just how flimsy a lot of his support was. To win it back, he will have to dance farther and farther to the right--a trick that even if successful in New Hampshire and Florida, could spell disaster in Massachusetts and some midwestern states...
...shake the hands of people they don't know or care to know, plaster friendly if sickly grins on their faces and fit themselves into a mold designed to "maximize" appeal. Little is sacred, because though the sacrifices are great, the reward--a pot of political gold--casts a spell not easily resisted...
...This is the first time corporations in South Africa have publicly recognized their responsibility to react to the social situation in South Africa," he says. But "the fight will not end with these principles," he says, adding "they must not be used as a camouflage for corporate activity" or spell the end of corporate efforts to help black South Africans. "I will not allow the corporations to endorse the principles and then hide behind them--their responsibilities to black South Africans must go well beyond these principles...
...President did not attempt to spell out the new Selective Service procedures. He did not say whether the registration would involve only 18-to 26-year-olds, as during the Viet Nam era. Everyone in the age group would have to register. Administration officials did say that individuals would be able to sign up by going to a local post office and filling out a "simple form." No draft cards would be issued, no classifications would be made, no physical exams required...