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...This means that Reagan will campaign hard in more states than he needs to win the election?in contrast to Ford's 1976 "big-state" strategy, in which he conceded the cotton South to Carter, made only a pass at the Border states and concentrated on the Midwest, a tactic that may have cost him the election...
...free world. In the U.S. alone, NBC had planned more than 150 hours of television coverage; now viewers will have to settle for brief reports on news programs. But the boycott fell short too, with France, Australia and other allies refusing to join. If President Carter thought the tactic would show the Soviet people the error of Afghanistan, he was mistaken. Today ordinary Soviets claim to see little connection between the invasion and the boycott. Instead, they blame "warmongering" by Carter...
...That tactic enabled middle-of-the-road Republicans to join in. Announced New York's Jacob Javits, who had opposed Kemp-Roth: "I can go along." Added Illinois' Chuck Percy, who had taken little part in the negotiations: "We have jointly worked out a tax program." Gloated Conable: "This all happened while Jimmy Carter was in Portugal. It shows how relevant...
...stake, Chrysler could have bought back the loans from the recalcitrant banks. But with Chrysler's lenders nervous at best over the complex credit deal, it was clear the defection of just one or two banks would jeopardize the entire loan package. Thus the company's tactic was to besiege the holdout bankers with telephone calls from Congressmen and big-city bankers. Chrysler workers also threatened to withdraw all their savings accounts from some of the banks. The tiny Crestwood Metro Bank in St. Louis, which was owed less than $500,000, received telephone calls or visits from...
Somewhat less extreme is the larger Gush Emunim (Group of the Faithful), founded after the 1973 war by Rabbi Moshe Levinger, 44. Gush urges a policy of aggressive Jewish settlements in all the occupied Arab lands. In several instances it has used the tactic of illegal squatting until de facto settlement is finally recognized by the Israeli government...