TV Evangelicals Deserve Scrutiny Amid Scandal
The Bakker Hahn affair and related clashes among TV evangelists have sparked a public furor over money sex and power. Despite the chaos some ministries perform good works, but the broader fight risks harming Christian evangelism and warrants renewed public vigilance.
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Jim Bakker
Jessica Hahn
Bakker
Jerry Falwell
Pearlygate
Oral Roberts
God
Jimmy Swaggert
Swaggert
Assemblies of God
Mr. Swaggert
Mr. Bakker
Miss Hahn
Federal Communicatons Commission
Bakkers
South Korea
Brazil
PACs Back Both Sides in Seven Senate Races Study Finds
A Common Cause report reveals 39 PACs in North Dakota switched support after elections from Republican Sen Mark Andrews to Democrat Kent Conrad. The study notes many PACs funded both campaigns and now six of seven winners back reform bills to curtail PAC influence and spending.
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Fortune
Common Cause
U.S
North Dakota
Mark Andrews
Kent Conrad
National Association of Letter Carriers
National Rifle Association
The
Tobacco Institute Inc
American Bankers Association
Bankers Group
Andrews
Conrad
Senate
Protectionist claims vs U S manufacturing strength in 1980s analysis
A Tribune analysis rebutts a UAW backed trade bill advocating import restrictions. It argues manufacturing remained stable and productive, with U S output rising since 1981 and high paid, skilled jobs growing. It notes protectionism delays change, raises costs, and harms living standards.
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Washington
United Auto Workers
UAW
Richard Gephardt
U.S
Japan
Reagan
Warren Brookes
Wall Street Journal
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Hong Kong
Gephardt
Haig’s media image and a take charge crisis
The piece weighs whether Alexander Haig can recover from the March 30 1981 press conference miscue claiming he was in control after Reagan’s shooting. It notes his intended constitutional caution and the broader insistence that a capable leader must command during crisis.
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Alexander M. Haig Jr
United States
White House
Ronald Reagan
Haig
Pennsylvania Avenue
Reagan
Macmillan
Spiro T
White) House
Soviet Union
Moscow
Washington
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Strategic Air Command
Larry Speakes
James Brady
Speakes
Bush
Texas
James Baker
Weinberger
CIA
William Casey
National Security
Richard Allen
Baker
Tonkin Gulf
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Transcom
Jackson
Eisenhower
Laxalt signals 1988 bid to lead Reaganite ticket
Former Senator Paul Laxalt moves to form an exploratory committee for the 1988 Republican nomination. He seeks a grass roots campaign to topple George Bush and Jack Kemp, relying on Reagan era ties and broad Reaganite support to attract top three status and widen a path through Iowa New Hampshire and Super Tuesday.
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Washington
Paul Laxalt
George Bush
Jack Kemp
Laxalt
Bush
Kemp
Reagan
Senate
Bob Dole
Iowa
New Hampshire
South
Ronald Reagan
Dole
California
Nevada
Los Angeles
Citizens For the Republic
Political Action Committee
GOP
White House
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Tribune Media Services
Alexander Haig
Richard Wirthlin
Peter Hannaford
Nancy Reynolds
Nancy Reagan
Lyn Nofziger
Reagan White House
Nofziger
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