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...mishmash," but the strained faces of staffers-and of Reagan and Running Mate George Bush, who was at his side during the press conference in Los Angeles-reflected a far deeper concern than that. Reagan's earlier remarks had managed to infuriate Peking, create the impression of a rift between Reagan and Bush, and make Reagan appear to be unschooled in an important area of U.S. foreign affairs. The episode also managed to do exactly what Democrats had been hoping for: it put Reagan on the defensive, correcting his own views, just when the Republican nominee had planned...
...alliance. In a series of personal attacks, Tekere had recently demanded that Nkomo be "crushed" and that his party, which controls four of the 25 Cabinet seats, be banished into permanent opposition. Tekere's removal from the political arena thus would gratify Nkomo and probably help heal the rift within the governing coalition. Ironically it was Nkomo himself who, as Home Affairs Minister, probably endorsed the police action against his greatest rival...
...ultimate survival of the Sandinista regime depends on its ability to avoid a political rift between the leftists and the private sector. One potential crisis flared up last April following the abrupt resignations of two moderate junta members. Their departure was widely seen as a sign of an imminent leftward shift in the national leadership. But the government restored confidence by appointing two moderate replacements...
...party faces serious problems in its quest for legitimacy. One is a strategic question which caused a major rift at the convention--whether a presidential campaign is the most effective way of establishing a political party with the strong grass roots tendencies of the Citizen's Party...
John M. Kain, chairman of CRP, agrees with McCue's analysis, adding that "the move is not a new idea. It just seemed like it would never happen because of money and logistics." President Bok says he was unaware of the extent of the rift until last summer, when he toured the GSD during his search for a new dean. Discovering "two very different cultures within the school which were not interacting," Bok announced last fall his decision to transfer CRP to the K-School this July. Despite Kain's claim that such a step was long-awaited, many students...