Word: problems
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Today show that intrigued his early-rising aides and cheered the Reagan staff. When asked the obvious question of whether taking the second spot would offend his pride, he said: "Honestly, if I thought the situation would work, if all the other questions could be resolved, the problem of pride would not bother...
...Barrett and Marsh, all of whom had worked in the White House. The Reagan team consisted of Casey, Meese and Pollster Richard Wirthlin, none of whom had White House experience. Only Casey had headed anything as large as a federal agency (the Securities and Exchange Commission). Tackling an immense problem too late, and faced with an artificial convention deadline only a few hours away, the two groups worked at cross purposes...
Reagan's staffers favored Bush, if they could not get their "dream ticket" with Gerald Ford. But there was one big problem: Reagan himself doubted whether Bush was tough enough for the job. Another problem: Nancy Reagan did not particularly care for Bush...
...Philadelphia suit was not the only problem confronting the Selective Service. As the date for the revival of registration approached, a coalition of 53 anti-sign-up groups, named CARD (for Committee Against Registration and the Draft), was planning post office demonstrations and encouraging people to attach stickers to their forms stating "I am registering under protest." If draft registration survived the legal challenge, it remained to be seen whether the system could reach its goal of 98% compliance...
Still, Pfeiffer's problem was not just her insensitivity in personnel matters but also a lack of experience in the broadcasting business. Says one executive who survived her reign: "She came in with the attitude of a consumer advocate toward television." Added another top NBC official: "The most important thing in television is the morale of the egomaniacs who make it work. She didn't know how to massage those egos...