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...special-interest groups ... But when the critics get around to naming the groups whose agendas they object to, they usually name blacks, teachers, women and unions. And never mention oil interests, the banks, the right-wing PACs or the apostles of religious intolerance. And then in the next breath the reappraisers tell us to appeal to whites, to the middle class and to men. In other words, the objection to our party is not that we speak to special groups, but that we are speaking to the wrong groups of people and that we must begin appealing to groups with...
...Americanism," said one listener. "They know that when they [the Canadians] are down, they tend to cozy up to Americans." Other executives, however, were less critical. After Mulroney's speech, Edward Hennessy, chairman of Allied Corp., told the Prime Minister, "What you said here tonight is indeed a breath of fresh...
...normally tranquil streets of Dublin bristled with blue-coated Irish policemen as the leaders of the ten European Community nations gathered for a two-day summit last week. Irish officials were holding their breath: less than two months after an Irish Republican Army bomb almost claimed the life of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, an I.R.A. splinter group had vowed to try again. Instead, a different kind of assault came from an unexpected source. As the meeting drew to a close, Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou threatened to torpedo its major goal: a painstakingly constructed agreement on the terms under...
...doctors varied the rate of the heartbeat, at one point lowering it to 30 beats per min. (75 is customary for Schroeder), leaving him weak and short of breath and looking exactly as he did before the implant. The other experiment was also uncomfortable: to measure his lungs' output, a tight-fitting mask was placed over his nose and mouth. The test was expected to last 45 min. but took 1½ hr. "He was very upset about that but still cooperated with us," said DeVries, adding, "He kind of told me off." Though Schroeder agreed to the tests...
...enough to send for a free book on a very delicate subject?" asks the ad in a men's magazine. Bad breath? Dandruff? Body odor? Not quite. The latest wrinkle in self-improvement for men is skin care. It seems that after kidding the wife about all that goop she put on her face, some husbands were sneaking the stuff themselves. Now many men are coming out of the water closet and openly buying pricey new shave creams and such exotic accompaniments as toners, tightening masks, bronzers and even under-eye cream...