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In June, while the Bush forces were fine-tuning their fall strategy and testing attack lines, the Dukakis camp, nomination assured, worried about Jesse Jackson's reaction and the Veep selection. Distracted by these pressing events, campaign manager Susan Estrich, an intense Harvard law professor, failed to concoct a coordinated...
The most pressing concern at hand is negotiating the first contract. Disagreements over concerns such as health benefits, pensions, day care and job reclassification are bound to arise in future negotiations. Harvard should be receptive to the union's proposals--the work force ought to have an effective say in...
Such is the sour legacy of 1988, an election year that was to substance what cold pizza is to a balanced breakfast. Think of the words and phrases that 18 months of nonstop electioneering have underlined in the political lexicon: Monkey Business, the character issue, attack videos, plagiarism, wimp, handlers...
UNFORTUNATELY for the nation, there are far more pressing items on the national agenda. Deficit reduction, environmental cleanup, urban poverty, campaign reform, trade policy, health care, day care, and retraining displaced industrial workers will all be considered by the next Congress.
It is not the most immediate of questions facing the nation, but it may soon be among the most important. More pressing now is the question of how to get to that post-Soviet world, how best to encourage either the reform or the further decline of the Soviet Union...