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...phenomenon that we haven't seen since World War II, where you have hundreds of thousands of soldiers returning as war heroes." Many of the reserve officers were prominent in their communities before the war and now have a valuable new credential. Though the Democrats may also try to woo returning soldiers, observes Republican pollster Linda DiVall, "we will have the upper hand because of the clear party division on this war and the President's popularity...
...Bernardino, glut capital of America, has a commercial vacancy rate of 33%. Next come New Haven (30%) and Springfield, Mass., and New Orleans (both 28%). Even in posh Beverly Hills, the rate is so high (25%) that city officials journeyed to the Orient in January to try to woo prospective tenants. Bucking the trend are a few lucky cities, most of them sleepy state capitals that hotshot dealmakers bypassed in the '80s. Among them: Lansing, Mich. (10%), Albany (9.6%), Raleigh, N.C. (9.4%) and Sacramento...
...ruling party, Likud is better positioned to woo voters with money and favors. And Shamir's tough policies may look more attractive at a time when the country is bracing for a possible war with Iraq. But the Likud bloc's vulnerability lies in the party's mismanagement of the absorption process. Despite repeated warnings, last year's budget grossly underestimated the expected immigration, and officials spend more time bickering than coordinating policy. Various cash grants -- $7,500 for a family of three -- stop after one year, which means hundreds of thousands of immigrants will feel the pinch of Israel...
...every word you say on this subject. You don't want to do this." While the racial card appeals to some blue-collar and rural whites, it obviously offends many blacks. It also conflicts with the two-year effort by Bush and the departing G.O.P. chairman, Lee Atwater, to woo black voters. Further, the moderate faction agrees with political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia, who says that "some upscale white suburban voters can easily be repulsed by the Helms approach...
Ivanov, deputy director of the Center on Asia and the Pacific at Moscow's Institute of World Economics and International Relations, said that "very important confidence-building measures between Moscow and Washington" led to last year's meeting between Gorbachev and South Korean President Roh Tae Woo in San Francisco...