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...court drifted under Chief Justice Warren Burger in the '70s, neither truly liberal nor conservative but divided and unpredictable. Decisions often turned on one vote. But since the appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor by President Reagan in 1981, many experts have begun to discern a rightward tilt. "There is a trend, but it is a slow oozing, a step-by-step process, and not a leap," says University of Chicago Law School Professor Philip Kurland. Agrees A.E. Dick Howard, a professor of law at the University of Virginia: "The 1984 Burger Court may be the conservative counterpart...
...adviser, "you'll see aggressive speeches alternating in phases with 'statesmanlike' material." In his statesman mode, the President will let his optimism gush, encouraging voters to attribute the upbeat national mood to the presence of Ronald Reagan in the White House. Given the Democrats' recent flag-waving, middle-class tilt, he will work hard to protect his motherhood-and-apple-pie franchise...
...tilt of ABC's coverage irritated athletes and coaches from other countries, many of whom did not realize that their fans at home were seeing a different report. On their behalf, International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch formally protested to Chief Organizer Peter Ueberroth, but later retracted after closed-door bargaining. In a statement, the I.O.C. expressed "its satisfaction with ABC . . . and felt that international broadcasters had received appropriate coverage." In the sports that ABC has not highlighted in prime time, when attracting an audience is most urgent, coverage has tended to be a little more balanced. Boxing...
...American industry to lose out to subsidized European competition. Underlying this is the notion that fiscal coordination makes Europe a stronger economic entity and thus a stronger trading partner for American business. A Washington official noted that the Administration is working hard to allay European fears of a U.S. tilt toward Asia. He declared, "By and large, our trade relationship with Europe is the most important one we have...
...mean? One opinion is that Iran's Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini is coming around to a more pragmatic position. Another is that he is simply trying to convince the U.S. that Iran is not out to get Washington's gulf allies and that the U.S. should therefore not "tilt" in favor of Iraq. The latter view assumes that Iran's war aims have not changed and will not until Saddam Hussein falls or Khomeini dies...