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People can't even agree who won the state last time; Democrats have already filed nine lawsuits this year??challenging election rules. Kerry needs a big turnout in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. Bush needs big numbers in the Panhandle and the southern Gulf Coast. Both sides want to win the area stretching from Tampa to Orlando to Daytona Beach--the fastest-growing area in the state...
Though nobody could predict how long the aging and diabetic Schroeder would survive?his only predecessor, Dr. Barney Clark, died after a courageous 112-day struggle last year???he was reported at week's end to be doing "beautifully" (see following story). But even if Schroeder dies soon, there will be more such operations, and even more complicated ones, in the near future...
...that, in part, Reagan is TIME'S Man of the Year???for having risen so smoothly and gracefully to the most powerful and visible position in the world. He is also the idea of the year, his triumph being philosophical as well as personal. He has revived the Republican Party, and has garnered high initial hopes, even from many who opposed him, both because of his personal style and because the U.S. is famished for cheer. On Jan. 20 Reagan and the idea he embodies will both emerge from their respective seclusions with a real opportunity to change the direction...
...years. That, in turn, put the city's $13.58 billion budget back into the familiar red. Earlier this year Koch told Congress that he anticipated no more than 4% in wage hikes for each of the next two years. Now, he expects a $265 million deficit for this year???$135 million of which is due directly to the wage settlements with the unions?and a deficit that could hit $1.2 billion...
...with patriotic banners, bands blare stirring martial rhythms, and local dignitaries make speeches praising soldierly virtues. Then, as crowds of tearful friends and relatives wave farewell, anxious young men climb aboard the waiting train: they are the current crop of 18-year-old Soviet draftees?about 1 million a year???heading off to begin their military service. After basic training and indoctrination at the camps, invariably hundreds of miles from their birthplaces, they will take a solemn oath to defend the motherland "with all my strength and in honor, without sparing my blood and without regard for my life...