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...Shrewd Tactician...
...also has proved to be a shrewd campaign tactician. When a national conservative group passed out handbills that called McGovern, the father of five, a "baby killer" because he believes women should have a right to abortions, he objected to being smeared by out-of-staters. So many South Dakotans sided with him that Abdnor had to disavow the group's support...
...their differences in personality and background, Strauss and Jordan get along well and are ideally matched. Strauss, 61, the wily, experienced tactician, is indispensable to the Georgians, who are still inept in the use of political power. The ebullient Strauss is virtually their only bridge to the real world of politics, and they trust him. Jordan, 35, the brilliant and impetuous young planner, tends to keep himself isolated. Neither man has much use for Ted Kennedy personally, but they both know how tough his opposition was. Earlier that day Strauss felt a surge of optimism that the pressure from Kennedy...
Like a battlefield tactician, Jimmy Carter last week jetted halfway round the world in a two-pronged attack on the problems of the American auto industry. First he summoned auto-company officials to a 7:05-a.m. meeting at Detroit's Metro Airport to announce a $1 billion Government assistance program. Then he hopped back aboard Air Force One and flew off to Tokyo for a memorial service honoring the late Japanese Prime Minister, Masayoshi Ohira. Though autos were not on the agenda of the President's 21-hour stay in Tokyo, his Japanese hosts could hardly overlook...
Returning to public office with the Democrats in 1977, Solomon became Treasury Under Secretary and the Carter Administration's tactician in dollar diplomacy. After a stumbling start when he supported a "benign neglect" policy that permitted the American currency to depreciate rapidly in value, Solomon switched strategy in November 1978 to become a strong dollar defender. During the past year he has tried to negotiate the dollar's organized retreat from its role as the world's basic reserve currency by strengthening the powers and reserve assets of the International Monetary Fund. Says he: "None...