Reagan's White House friend as national security adviser
The piece critiques Ronald Reagan's appointment of William Clark as national security adviser, calling him a loyal ally who wields power over State and Defense. It argues Clark prioritizes Reagan's political security over national interests, contrasting him with Kissinger and Brzezinski and noting the role's original intent as a detached, informed monitor of policy.
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White House
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Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Truman
Kennedy
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Central Intelligence Agency
Clark
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Nixon
Carter
Clark in the White House Foreign Policy Arbitrate
James Reston argues Clark acts to back or blunt the president’s foreign policy based on personal loyalty rather than ideology. He claims Clark shields Reagan from consequences in Congress and NATO, shaping action such as fleet deployments and grain sales to fit the president’s interests. The piece portrays Clark as a strategic but destabilizing influence and notes Congress and allies are aware.
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Shultz
State Department
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Congress
NATO Alliance
Soviet Union
GOP
Middle West
Reagan
Central America
Sacramento
New York Times Service
Henry Kissinger
Lane Kirkland
Afl-Cio
Robert Strauss
Henry Cisneros
San Antonio
Ronald Reagan
Santa Barbara
Reagan and the perilous idea of spheres of influence
The piece argues Reagan’s stance on Chad and Central America echoes outdated “residual colonial rights” and “spheres of influence” concepts. It warns that U S and Soviet spheres risk entangling weaker nations, compares the Monroe and Brezhnev Doctrines, and notes danger in gunboat diplomacy and hegemonic claims.
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Central America
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London
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U.S
Latin America
Russia
Cuba
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Reagan
el Salvador
United States
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Bloc
Kidney stone battle described in vivid lay terms
An Evansville reader explains what a kidney stone attack feels like using a Stone of Gibraltar metaphor. The piece compares the kidney to a warlike canal and a stubborn rock, detailing the clash between kidney and stone as a patient seeks peace through physical discomfort and frantic attempts to ease the attack.
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Ind
Associated Press
Rock of Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Adamant Rock Demands Concessions Over Moving From Its Post
Art Buchwald presents a fable where a rock resists relocation insisting it will not be driven into the sea. A kidney explains its aim is peaceful coexistence, needing only to fulfill its function while the rock stays out of the bladder’s way.
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U.N
Blue Cross
Reagan Faces Sour Tracks In Re election Prospects
President Reagan weighs a second term during a California vacation as polls swing against him. Gallup data show rising disapproval with July shifts, widening the gender gap and signaling volatile support. Economic slowdowns and Central America policy criticism add pressure.
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White House
Gallup
Jimmy Carter
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Nixon
Washington
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