Word: spencers
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...editions-and that Prager was specially equipped to edit it. He knows the region intimately, having been TIME Middle East bureau chief from 1973 to 1976, and having first met then Iraqi Vice President Saddam Hussein in 1975. The story was written by the International section's Spencer Davidson, onetime acting Beirut bureau chief who has traveled extensively in the area since 1970. Says Davidson: "The Middle East has more crisis flash points than any other place in the world. This is an unfortunate circumstance, since the tradition of the people there is essentially one of great friendship...
...Caddell, who found in his California surveys that Reagan's support was soft. The latest studies by Independent Mervin Field gave the Republican a ten-point lead. Reagan, who has won four prima ries and two general elections in the state, professes not to be worried. Scoffs Aide Spencer: "They're trying a little psychological warfare...
...Spencer Davidson. Reported by William Drozdiak/Basra and WilliamStewart/Beirut...
...quiet, calm, hard-working-and uninspiring -man that he is. Reagan is shown more often simply as what the TV experts term "a talking head"-just Ronnie in an easy chair, making his simple points in his smooth, soothing voice. The aim of the ads, says Reagan Aide Stuart Spencer, is to emphasize Reagan's "competence and compassion." By playing up compassion, Spencer says, the campaign is trying to convey the idea that Reagan would not get the U.S. into a war. Admits Spencer: "That's the biggest liability we have with the Governor's image...
Water supplies in 22 Massachusetts towns have been contaminated by chemicals. In Michigan, inspectors have found 300 sites where wastes have polluted ground water. Residents of some 90 homes near Muskegon now use bottled water supplied by the county. The polluted water there, says Tom Spencer, a county health official, "looks just like bock beer. It even has a head...