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...best future asset is the forthcoming liaison with France's rich dowager, Renault, which will eventually own 22.5% of American Motors stock. Renault's mini Le Car is selling well in AMC showrooms and drawing customers to some of American Motors' own models. Automakers will survive in the future, says Meyers, if they sharply focus their markets and hook up with international partners. Those that do not, he adds, "will be wiped out as thoroughly as Custer's 7th Cavalry...
...novelty that is the greatest asset of The Long Run is also what bogs it down. In abandoning the slick mediocrity of Hotel California, the Eagles have sacrificed the unity of their previous albums. The old style was wearing thin, but it was the Eagles; and its only vestige is the desperado voice of Don Henley. The new cuts have more depth, but they point in many different directions...
...improvement in his standings. Nearly as many people find him unacceptable as President as find him acceptable (40% to 42%). Behind that resistance lie continued doubts about his probity; 42% say they "just don't trust him." Connally has attempted to make his negative image into a positive asset by appearing tough enough and clever enough to run the country effectively. Yet 62% say they perceive him as a "wheeler-dealer," and that contributes heavily to his overall unacceptability. Worse for Connally, his indictment and subsequent acquittal in the milk fund bribery case bother 51% of those asked...
...banks were not as pliant with the new mayor. Kucinich opposed tax abatements and the sale of the city's most valuable remaining asset, the publicly owned electric company...
...weakness, his supporters say. "They've all been campaigning for a year now and Dad has had a job. Sure he's got a late start but he's in tune with Congress everyday," she added. And indeed his extensive Washington experience could well be a strong asset in 1980 after the failures of outsider Jimmy Carter. Baker will have a tough time in the midwest and the west considering the host of Republican contenders from that area such as Rep. John Anderson (R-Ill), Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan) and Crane. However, the regional competition doesn't worry Baker...