Word: controller
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Republican right wing that loyally supported Reagan was very much in control of the Detroit convention?of its machinery, its rules and its platform. The Sunbelt's polyester suits and white cowboy hats and STOP ERA buttons far outnumbered the striped ties and horn-rimmed glasses of the Northeast. Recognizing that there was no way to wrest back the control that had once been theirs, the moderates simply sat back and watched the show. Massachusetts Congressman Silvio Conte, a liberal firebrand on the platform committee at five previous conventions, backed out of serving on the panel this year. Said...
...Ford team found the sketch, as one put it, "not unreasonable." It would, in effect, give Ford control over all paper-and thus advice-that would reach the President. The plan also suggested merging somehow the staffs of the two top leaders in the hope of avoiding clashes. But it was all too vague for Ford's men. They had questions. Just who would be in charge of this amorphous staff? From just which agencies and departments would the paper flow to the Vice President...
...when Government spends our money, it isn't inflationary, but when we spend it, it is ... We must have the clarity of vision to see the difference between what is essential and what is merely desirable, and then the courage to bring our Government back under control." Reagan even quoted an attack on Big Government from Franklin Roosevelt's 1932 campaign, though that was an awkward reach even for a candidate striving for Democratic votes...
...Foreign Agents Registration Act permits any U.S. citizen to work for a foreign government and lobby for its interests. But if he is under its direction or control, he must register with the Department of Justice. For almost two years Billy has quite openly been the best U.S. friend of the dictatorial Arab republic of Libya. But he had all along refused to register because, he insisted, he was just a friend to the Libyans, not an agent. All that changed when the Government found out earlier this year that Billy had received $220,000 from the Libyans in "loans...
...aborted coup further intensified the factional rivalry that still threatens to destroy the Khomeini government from within. Banisadr's clerical opponents seized the chance to press demands for a ruthless purge of the armed forces-a convenient means of gaining control over the military at the expense of the President, who is commander in chief of the armed forces. Denouncing what he called the mullahs' "opportunistic gestures," Banisadr pointed out that loyal military personnel had discovered the conspiracy in their own midst and had played the most important role in thwarting...