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...addition, population shifts within the states themselves-generally from Democratic urban strongholds to Republican suburban outposts -will threaten dozens of traditionally "safe" Democratic seats. Republicans hope to use the redistricting to help whittle away the current 242-to-190 Democratic majority in the House of Representatives; they even hope to capture control of the House in 1982. "For Democrats, redistricting is an enormous problem," gloats Michigan Representative Guy Vander Jagt, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. "For Republicans, it is an enormous opportunity...
...advertisers rumored to have been on the coalition's hit list represented maybe 150 different brands of merchandise. The coalition was confronted with an impossible job, boycotting all those brands effectively. I think the coalition leaders finally asked themselves, 'Why boycott ineffectively, when we can merely threaten to more effectively?' " Not surprisingly, Wildmon, Falwell and company last week said they will revive the boycott if advertisers do not shape up by the fall season...
...most stunning change of all was made on Centre Court. For the first time in half a decade, Bjorn Borg was beaten at Wimbledon, and a new champion, John McEnroe, was crowned. McEnroe, whose tantrums angered the crowds and, at one point, moved officials to threaten his expulsion from the tournament, beat Borg, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4, in a tense duel that saw two sets determined by tie breakers. The only link to the past left intact was the dominance of Chris Evert Lloyd. She won her third Wimbledon title by unnerving and outplaying Hana Mandlikova...
...Schmidt had to threaten to resign if his followers decided to thwart the NATO commitment. State and local chapters of the Social Democrats have already tried to do so in Baden-Württemberg and in South Hesse. But while Schmidt is feeling the strain, he is still fighting. Says he: "Do not be deceived by the activities of the young socialists, and do not overestimate them. Angst has become chic. There is no doubt that the majority of [West] Germans and a large majority of the S.P.D. support our foreign and security policies...
...exporters. Nations like Nigeria, Iran and Libya have year after year pushed the price of crude to ever higher peaks in order to finance ambitious development programs. Now the sagging demand for petroleum is crimping export earnings, cutting into government revenues, and in some cases even beginning to threaten the continuation of many big industrialization projects...