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...team's expense and reactivated. The second time, he is suspended without pay; the third time, banned for a minimum of two years and possibly for life. John Drew of the Utah Jazz has achieved the last plateau; New Jersey's Micheal Ray Richardson and Chicago's Quintin Dailey teeter on the edge. Moreover, an independent narcotics expert carries both the owners' and the players' license to order spot checks...
...years old. What is more, members of this age group are registering as Republicans rather than as Democrats or independents, by ratios of 2 to 1 and 3 to 1, reversing a trend that began more than 40 years ago. Says Republican Pollster Robert Teeter: "For the first time since Roosevelt there is a significant group in the electorate who are Republican in greater overall numbers than Democrat. If these people stay loyal, you may have a much stronger Republican Party...
Nearly all analysts agree that the most important factor in the President's Pied Piper appeal to young voters is the improving state of the economy. "They like the kind of notions Reagan gets across, like growth and job opportunity," says Teeter. "They're rejecting this whole idea of limits, that somehow the pie is getting smaller." Democratic Pollster Dotty Lynch agrees: "The youth vote feels the economy is strong, jobs are available. They are giving Reagan the credit." Peter Lund, 20, who is taking a semester off from college to work for the Illinois Republican campaign...
...population-could be an extremely potent force. "The group is so big that it represents a real opportunity for a candidate or even a whole party to create an entirely new governing coalition with as much stability as the old New Deal coalition," says Republican Pollster Robert Teeter, who predicts that such a voting bloc could last for 30 years...
...questioner may seem to be exposing Reagan's unfamiliarity with a subject, but should he press too hard, Reagan, with a gesture or a light remark, will suddenly seem to win the exchange. The impressionism of television is what makes it so powerful and unaccountable. Robert M. Teeter, who polls for Republicans, once carried out an experiment with two groups of ten and twelve people. He showed them a brief bit of videotape of politicians they did not know. The sound was off; the candidate was seen campaigning, shaking hands. Viewers were then asked to judge whether they found...