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...fallout from Iranscam. If present developments in the U.S. -- on which naturally one can make no judgment -- weaken the Administration and the President, that would be bad for everybody, for the U.S. and the free world. We need a strong U.S. Administration, one open to dialogue. So we would regret, and fail to understand, that impassioned reactions should put in question the authority of the Administration. Still, I am confident in President Reagan's ability to overcome these difficulties...
...standing as a potential candidate. In polls he has been running at a flat 6% to 8%, trailing George Bush, Robert Dole and Jack Kemp. The gospel TV controversy does nothing to help Robertson, and appears quite likely to increase nationwide skepticism about Christian telecasters and weaken Robertson's appeal...
Reagan's proposal will deny many middle class families the opportunity to get federal student loans, and will weaken the chance for young people to get an education, said Doran...
...stable two-parent family is becoming the exception rather than the norm, and 12 million children are growing up in poverty and with inadequate training for the job market. If the U.S. does not take drastic action soon, he warns, "then we will have demonstrated an incapacity which could weaken American society in a way that nothing else ever could...
...clouds on the horizon, however. Yesterday the 60-day cease-fire with Communist rebels formally ended. While right wing members of the military were no doubt appeased by the renewal of violence, centrist hopes of peaceful, broad-spectrum political participation were crushed. Further polarization of Philippine politics can only weaken Aquino's grip on the military...