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...next day Reagan was on the road, flashing partisan fire. In Atlanta, for what amounted to some stump-speaking practice, he told a flag-waving "Spirit of America" rally of 13,000, "To those who say we must turn back to tax, tax, spend, spend, I can only reply, not on your life! The best view of Big Government is in the rear-view mirror as we leave it behind." He got in an obvious shot at Mondale, observing that while John F. Kennedy had told Americans to ask themselves what they could do for then-country, "today...
...words rewritten in the President's handwriting. Many of his changes softened proposed jabs at the Democrats. On this occasion Reagan wanted to project an image of firm but temperate leadership that is national rather than partisan, while still setting out the points that he will repeat on the stump all through the campaign...
...became the nation's youngest Governor in 1978. The legislature appointed an education-standards committee in May, headed by the Governor's wife, Lawyer Hillary Rodham Clinton, which held public meetings across the state and published its preliminary recommendations in September. The Clintons went on the stump together to build up grass-roots support, and the state was saturated with brochures that explained the reforms and urged: "No more excuses. Let's put our kids in first place...
...Jackson, the Alabama draw was an upbeat end to a heady week. Whether his stump-speaking ability will translate into votes is uncertain, even doubtful, if he cannot pull together an efficient campaign organization. But Jackson's stunning reception pointed up a lack of fire in the other candidates. His wife Jacqueline, after listening to his competitors make speeches on the tour, asked bluntly: "Do they really think they can beat Reagan with one of these guys?" After last week, not a few Democrats are quietly asking themselves the same question. -By Evan Thomas...
...student who comforted her, and he smiled bravely back. On a cot in Cambodia lay a young man whose arm had just been amputated, and next to him lay his infant daughter whose arm had also been amputated. Neither of them smiled. They both looked numb. The stump of the man's arm kept twitching uncontrollably. At the end of The Day After, a statement said that a real nuclear war would be much worse. Indeed it would. The documentary on Cambodia probably could also have ended with a statement that the reality was worse. The reality is always...