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...many ways an old-fashioned poll. When she came to Congress in 1978, she did not take to the floor to make feminist speeches but instead worked the back halls, carefully cultivating her male elders by performing small chores and favors. She became a disciple of Speaker Tip O'Neill. "She has been a regular since the day she arrived," says O'Neill approvingly. The Speaker rewarded her with House plums, making her a member of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, Secretary to the House Democratic Caucus and, in 1983, a member of the powerful Budget Committee...
...will need the support of several small parties to build a coalition. Shamir could glean bright news from polls that show Tehiya, an ultra-right-wing Likud partner with three Knesset members, picking up six or seven seats. If the election is taper thin, that could be enough to tip the balance in Shamir's favor...
...home, bypassing cumbersome and outdated political machines. The message had to be short and simple, conveyed in a 30-second spot. In 1980 the Republicans were able to outspend the Democrats $152 million to $98 million, and their television ads were particularly effective. One of the meanest showed a Tip O'Neill look-alike driving a long black Lincoln Continental that...
...Francisco is exceedingly pleased with its eclectic self. But worldliness, when it is crammed into the tip of a cramped peninsula, can take on a parochial cast...
...nations that have contributed generously to the Iraqi war chest. But after at least one of their planes was shot down last month by U.S.-made F-15s of the Saudi air force, the Iranians avoided attacking any vessels in a stretch of water from Kuwait to the tip of Qatar, an area that is watched by U.S. AWACS planes leased to the Saudis. Last week's strike on the Primrose came about 120 miles east of that zone in an area that had been relatively free from air strikes. This extension of the tanker war to the waters...