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...that Reagan, facing the most serious crisis of his presidency, would turn to his longtime confidant, political protector and general cleanup man, Edwin Meese. "I think we're now getting back to the old Ed Meese," says Ed Salzman, publisher of the Golden State Report and a veteran Meese watcher, "the guy who kept Reagan out of trouble...
...White House Correspondent Sam Donaldson, with his barracks voice, is a flamboyant exception to this charge, but any steady watcher of the evening news has to be aware of how cozily television reporters imply that they have inside information when they are merely repeating the Administration line. Many reporters believe no previous Administration has been so efficient and disciplined at controlling the flow of information, concealing internal dissent, going after leakers and shutting down access: all to get its own version across. As Marvin Kalb of NBC's Meet the Press told the forum, "This particular Administration begins...
...mountaineer who has known him for years thinks fame has been hard on a man who finds peace in solitude: "Everyone wants to get in touch with him. Everybody wants to shake his hand." He is divorced from West German Journalist Uschi Demeter, and lately, says one Messner watcher, "it seems there is a different woman in every base camp...
...Washington some observers believe the heralded Iranian attack on Basra could turn out to be a false alarm. "Every year we hear the same thing -- now | comes the final offensive," says Thomas McNaugher, a Persian Gulf watcher at the Brookings Institution, "and every year it peters out." Nonetheless, the prospect, however faint, that Iran could begin to extend its control deeper into Iraq and then through the gulf is too serious to be ignored. Windows in Kuwait already rattle from Iranian artillery bombardments just 15 miles away. Saudi Arabia and other neighboring states are growing increasingly nervous. "Complacency...
...complete with diagrams of formations and drawings to show the difference between a forward pass and a pitchout, got a workout as the game progressed and fans tried to grapple with the live version of football. "We have a great deal to learn, don't we?" mused one befuddled watcher. Most of the running plays, with the thunderous exception of Perry's one-yard touchdown rumble, went unnoticed and uncheered. "It's easier to see the ball on the telly," Sean Dyer, 24, of Melton Mowbray, said, by way of explaining the crowd's curious lapses into silence. But when...