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...opportunities and take swift advantage of them while rivals are still forming a committee to study the situation. The only surprise is that the latest bright idea did not come from Chairman Lee Iacocca, the man who hatched the comeback of the convertible in 1982. Instead, the America concept sprang from two of Iacocca's potential successors, Gerald Greenwald, chairman of the company's automaking division, and Harold Sperlich, its president. The automaker's stockholders will no doubt take it as a promising sign that Chrysler's top managers have learned how to think like Iacocca. When Chrysler...
...Hasenfus' release depends on such an admission, the mercenary may find himself occupying a Nicaraguan prison cell for a long time. U.S. officials continue to deny any involvement in the private arms pipeline that sprang up in the two years after Congress cut off military aid to the rebels. Moreover, the Administration shows little sign of seeking accommodation with the Sandinistas. After intensive lobbying last spring, it persuaded Congress to resume direct aid to the contras. Two weeks ago the first planeloads of military supplies, bought with funds from a $100 million aid package, began flowing to the rebels...
...works to his advantage. Before a debate during the primary race, Kennedy's staff heard that his principal rival, George Bachrach, intended to confront him with a question about Citizens Energy's possible links with Libya. A check showed there was no connection. When Bachrach leveled the charge, Kennedy sprang a counterattack. "Libya offered Sirhan Sirhan asylum after he killed my father," he said, eyes blazing. "For you to think for one second that Citizens Energy would have anything to do with Libya is just totally off base." The race was never close after that...
...nine-page report titled Nicaragua's Terrorist Connection, copies of which were distributed by hand to all Congressmen and to targeted staff members. Heritage's pro-contra blitz was on. The reign of the pensive, passive, pipe-smoking Washington think tank is under assault. These venerable research institutions, which sprang up in the first decades of this century, are being upstaged by groups of intellectual crusaders that helped make the Republicans the party of ideas and paved the way for Ronald Reagan's election. The new "advocacy tanks" see themselves as more than merely idea incubators; they also take...
...private foundations. A.E.I., once Washington's most influential citadel of mainstream conservative policy research, has perhaps been the most seriously injured by the rise of the advocacy tanks. In 1980 it looked as though A.E.I. would be the darling of the Reagan Administration. But as the advocacy tanks sprang up, it became clear that the thoughtful, stodgy institute was not at the cutting edge of influence. Corporate givers, who want a return on their money as well as some deep thinking, noted the change. After years of steady increases, donations declined slightly this past year. The institute...