Word: wings
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...Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels money to PBS and its member stations, was delayed early this month after conservative Senators railed against the alleged leftward tilt of the shows. Republican John McCain of Arizona blasted Maria's Story, the profile of a peasant woman who joined the left-wing insurgency in El Salvador, which aired last summer. Minority leader Robert Dole criticized PBS election commentators Bill Moyers and former Washington Post editor William Grieder -- "two excellent journalists who also / happen to be two excellent liberal Democrats...
...Klerk called the referendum last week for two reasons. The first was to obtain a clear mandate for reform, and he got it. The second was to demonstrate the intellectual bankruptcy of the right wing. On that he was also successful, largely discrediting the Conservatives, but they and those who are even more extreme have not yet rolled over. Party leader Treurnicht insists that "the struggle for our freedom and survival continues" and says he will refuse renewed invitations to join the CODESA talks...
...until 1967, when he joined the government of national unity as a Minister Without Portfolio, did Begin acquire a measure of political respectability. In May 1977, on his ninth try to become Prime Minister, he scored a stunning upset as leader of the right-wing Likud bloc at the age of 63, only seven weeks after he had suffered a serious heart attack. Despite his repeated hospitalizations, his energy and oratorical flair never sagged...
...Clinton's natural something-for-everyone style, he might be tempted to compromise away much of the substance of his programs in negotiations with Congress. Tsongas, by contrast, might sternly stand fast until he either got what he wanted or forced a split between his Administration and the congressional wing of his party. But if they could strike the right balance between principle and compromise, both Clinton and Tsongas would have the makings of policies that could begin to revitalize the economy...
Each of the former Presidents has a special following: Nixon, the influential foreign policy establishment; Reagan, the Republican right wing and the broad segment of the populace that still holds great affection for the old trouper; Ford, a grass-roots network of pols whom he helped during his four decades in Congress. Standing behind Bush on the convention stage in August, this trio would give the final campaign a rousing kickoff...