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Most Republican contenders are going through a mirror image of this drill. To independents and moderates, they talk about compassion as they attempt to disengage from the harsher aspects of Reaganism. But G.O.P. primary voters tend to be conservative loyalists. They want a combative leader who reminds them of Reagan -- or so the candidates think. Reagan's longtime pollster, Richard Wirthlin, cautions that the muscular approach does not work automatically. "People always rerun the last successful election," Wirthlin explains. "Now candidates are trying to bring forward what was a very important trait for Reagan...
Television preachers are a wary group these days. Along with their supporters, they tend to blame the press for many of their problems, particularly financial ones. TIME's correspondents who reported this week's cover stories on the fortunes of Jim and Tammy Bakker and their fellow televangelists faced constant reminders that their subjects are as widely noted for their business acumen as for their spiritual charisma. "To some critics," observes Chicago- based Correspondent Barbara Dolan, "these people appear to be almost comical with their emotional appeals. But that faith-healing showmanship can hide the mind of a Wall Street...
Judging from the foreign students already here, bringing more to Harvard would do little to improve an undergraduate's schooling. Many if not all of the students who enroll from overseas tend to be from their countrys' rich and powerful elite. They are accustomed to Western ways and often do a very good job of assimilating into American culture and Harvard "high society." I fail to see how going to classes or partying with, say, someone from the Middle East or South America, whose father is a rich international banker or a powerful government official, is going to help...
Balancing a democracy's demands for public accountability with its need to conduct covert activities in a dangerous world has always been maddeningly difficult. But if the Iran-contra affair proves anything, it may be that policies able to stand up under democratic scrutiny tend to be better, even wiser, than those designed to avoid it. Operating the shadowy network that handled arms deals with Iran and funneled funds to the contras required a prolonged series of lies to Congress and the American people, the deception of U.S. allies, and keeping top Cabinet officials and perhaps even the President...
...corporate America. The tendency of private investors to put their money on the line for relatively long periods of time is a desirable counterweight to the fickleness of Wall Street money managers, whose what- have-you-done-for-me-lately attitude has long bedeviled corporate managers. Average investors tend to be more patient in waiting for results. Fortunately, their patience is not exactly being put to a test these days...