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...days later, at his first press conference in six weeks, duly covered as a presidential, not a political news event by the big three networks, Carter ate up six of the allotted 30 minutes by making an opening statement about his accomplishments-a tactic that so angered the Reagan and Anderson camps that they asked for equal time. They may not have needed it, so thoroughly did reporters question Carter about his "mean" campaign assaults. "Obviously in the heat of a campaign there is some give-and-take on both sides," he said. He twice emphasized that...
...Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini two weeks ago, in which he listed conditions for the hostages' release without demanding an apology by the U.S. for its past conduct in Iran. Some American officials speculated that Khomeini dropped the demand so that his supporters could reinstate the issue as a bargaining tactic. Others felt that Khomeini may simply have forgotten to mention the point. Confessed one State Department analyst: "The man continues to mystify...
...Warsaw does expect to absorb the free trade unions, the defiant delegates who met in Gdansk last week promise to put up a stiff fight. Speaker after speaker denounced attempts by factory managers or local authorities to block the formation of independent unions. The most commonly cited tactic: threatening to cut off the social benefits of workers who join the new organizations. Others mocked promises of internal reform by official union leaders anxious to hold on to their original membership. Still others blasted the government for withholding information about the new unions in the press. Said a bus driver from...
...John Anderson, the Carter tactic is to ignore him publicly and try to downgrade his importance. Privately, however, the White House is deeply worried about the Congressman's threat. In 1976 Eugene McCarthy, running independently, won just 1% of the vote, but the Carterites insist that was enough to tip Maine, Iowa, Oklahoma and Oregon into Ford's column...
Mastermind of the tax tactic is Mesa Chairman T. Boone Pickens Jr., 52, who majored in geology at Oklahoma State and started his own oil-producing firm in 1954 on a shoestring investment of $2,500. He has built Mesa into a company with 1979 revenues of $270 million and has amassed a personal fortune of more than $70 million. The biggest beneficiary from tax breaks on Mesa's trust fund will be Pickens. He owns 500,000 shares worth $20.5 million...