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...perhaps the worst hatchet job I've ever seen," he said of Davis's charges. "I knew there was something behind it--a political tactic...
...tactic has posted dramatic results. Nationwide studies indicate that fatal nighttime crashes have dropped 9%, and the National Transportation Safety Board has estimated that if all 50 states adopted ALRs, 2,000 lives could be spared each year. "It seems to work because of the certainty," says Jane Roemer of the National Safety Council. "People know that if they are found to be drinking and driving there will be immediate punishment." Civil libertarians charge that the laws violate the principles of due process and presumption of innocence, but Roemer counters that no state has yet rejected ALRs on constitutional grounds...
...Making things easy" for the men she's worked with, placing their comfort "ahead of my own," is what Wilson calls "good manners." It has also been an obviously successful tactic...
...starting the economy. The massive federal deficits that helped fuel the creation of 22 million new jobs in the 1980s have made fresh tax cuts or spending programs politically and economically anathema. Moreover, the Federal Reserve Board has resisted spurring job growth by sharply dropping interest costs, lest the tactic speed up a relatively modest 3% inflation rate...
...role in the 1985 TWA skyjacking, which resulted in the murder of U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem. How critical the Hammadis will prove in any final settlement remains uncertain. While Hizballah has asserted that it wants the brothers back, it is possible that the demand is merely a noisy tactic designed to wrest concessions and appease the powerful Hammadi clan...