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Delegates from other countries greeted Mitterrand's proposal with polite skepticism. The U.S., in particular, remains a staunch opponent of systematic intervention in exchange markets...
...Convention in Dallas next year-then, eyes atwinkle, added the inevitable qualification: if he chooses to run. To newsmen he jokes, "There is a 50% chance." He has been equally coy with his closest aides. In a limousine returning to the White House after a speech by Reagan to staunch conservatives, Political Aide Edward Rollins told him that what his audience had wanted to hear was a declaration of candidacy. End of conversation: Reagan stared silently out the window...
While they consider themselves "staunch doctrinal Mormons," Martha and John say they do not abide by the male-dominated culture that has grown up around Mormon teachings. "I wouldn't mind spending half or all my time at home," John says...
...next most influential is the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Its founder and leader is Dr. George Habash, a staunch Marxist who contends that a Palestinian state can be won only through armed struggle. Backed by Syria and Libya, Habash has clashed repeatedly with Arafat. During the late '60s, some disillusioned Habash supporters set up two splinter groups that are just as radical: the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, headed by Naif Hawatmeh, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, led by Ahmed Jibril. Both also enjoy strong support from Syria...
...Slade Gorton told the President that the voters in his home state of Washington wanted cuts in the defense budget. Reagan shot back: "When are we going to have enough guts to do what is right instead of what is popular?" But even John Tower of Texas, a staunch hawk, came away insisting that the President's military budget was doomed...