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...mellowed into a mood of valedictory twilight. Like the show he anchored, the aging Texan is again in fine form. He might have been speaking of Dallas when, in a recent episode, he mourned, "The world I know is disappearin' real fast." But it was left to his stalwart brother to put the series in perspective. "J.R.," Bobby said, "you and I have spent our entire lives tryin' to win Daddy's approval by fightin' with one another. Neither one of us givin' up until we were sure we were his favorite. Well, I've given up the fight...
Even if voters did not support every item on Ronald Reagan's foreign policy agenda--such as his unpopular alliance with the Nicaraguan contras--they were reassured by his stalwart defense of America's national security. Hussein's invasion of Kuwait and the recent misbehavior of the Soviet Union have reminded voters of the need for strong leadership and firm convictions. The amusing image of Michael Dukakis test-driving an army tank during his 1988 campaign is a powerful illustration of the Democrats' failure to offer either...
Corrie D'Alessio, Cornell's senior netminder, backstops this stalwart squad with a 3.08 goals-against-average, which is also tops in the league...
...Massachusetts the tart tongue of Boston University President John Silber had swept him to the Democratic nomination over a party stalwart. But he tripped on it in the battle with Republican William Weld, an aristocratic former federal prosecutor. Silber offended blacks and women and frightened voters of all types with his anger. (In typical style, he branded Weld a "backstabbing son of a bitch.") Weld's 4% victory was largely a rejection of Silber's intemperateness. Says pollster Gerry Chervinsky: "Voters bought his message, but they couldn...
...Lothar de Maiziere, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union, who is likely to become East Germany's Prime Minister when a newly convened parliament forms a government next week. For the post of Economics Minister, De Maiziere has designated Elmar Pieroth, a + prominent economist in West Germany and stalwart of that country's CDU. "De Maiziere told me he sought an experienced market economist and couldn't find one in a planned economy -- would I give it a try?" says Pieroth. "I said...