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Thus when the G.O.P. turned to him at last, Reagan cautiously avoided Goldwater's mistake of coming on too strong. Instead of extremism, Reagan seemed to be telling the faithful, It is pragmatism that is no vice. At his request, the far-right spokesmen held down their rhetoric. Anti-ERA Leader Phyllis Schlafly was very quiet, unusually so. Fundamentalist Preacher Jerry Falwell, whose Moral Majority organization has registered 2 million new voters, made no ringing speeches. Even former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who is anathema to the extreme right, was welcomed with applause when he appeared on the podium...
...badly strained. Many Brazilian bishops resent the Vatican's investigation of Leonardo Boff, Brazil's leading proponent of "liberation theology," which is built upon Marxist economic theory. When the Vatican asked Progressive Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns to discourage a meeting of liberation theologians, he pointedly ignored the request. In turn, the Pope has rejected the suggestions from the Brazilians in his past four appointments of new bishops for their country...
Trade policy. The President said he would ask for a faster review of the United Auto Workers' request for restrictions on Japanese-car imports...
...week's end Popescu and his clan were awaiting word from the Austrian government on whether their request for political asylum would be granted...
...free markets and become apoplectic about such matters as the antinuclear movement and the windfall tax on oil-company profits. On the other hand, it tangled with General Motors when the automaker endorsed wage-and-price guidelines last year, and it was dead set against Chrysler's request for federal loan guarantees...