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...main difference, though, is the role reversal between Dukakis and King. King probably would never have consented to this showdown if he were even close in the polls because debates historically have worked against incumbents. Dukakis' political sense should have told him to avoid a direct confrontation four years ago. Now, as a challenger with a large lead in the polls and with no current record to defend, he is sitting in the catbird's seat...
There was something else to Brezhnev's proposal: a vague but ominous warning to the U.S. that seemed to harken back to the days of an earlier showdown between the countries, the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. If the NATO allies did indeed station the new missiles on European soil next year, said the Soviet leader, "there would arise a real additional threat to our country and its allies." Warned Brezhnev: "This would compel us to take retaliatory steps that would put the other side, including the United States itself, its own territory, in an analogous position. This should...
...many ways, this would make good sense. The trouble is, congressional leaders of both parties realize that the Reagan budget would be overwhelmingly defeated. Some Democratic members were hankering for a showdown, but O'Neill urged his party colleagues not to force the issue. "What are we going to do it for," he asked, "except to embarrass the President?" Jones denied that his aim was to embarrass anybody. "I'm just trying to break the logjam," he said, "and this may be the only way." Some Congressmen are prepared to do almost anything to force Reagan to give...
...weeks, stories had reported that the ancient Syrian city of Hama had been severely damaged last month in a showdown between the radical Muslim Brotherhood and government troops loyal to President Hafez Assad. But the international press was never allowed near the city to view the destruction. Now, in these exclusive photographs obtained by TIME, the dimensions of the devastation are documented for the first time. Some areas, notably the old quarter and the Grand Mosque of Hama, were completely obliterated. High-rise apartment complexes were pocked with gaping holes, convincing evidence of the heavy weaponry employed to put down...
OPEC heads for a showdown...