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<text id=89TT1148>
<title>
May 01, 1989: Grapevine
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
May 01, 1989 Abortion
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 41
Grapevine
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<p> Moving Target. After a national outcry, George Bush last
month banned imports of assault-style semiautomatic rifles. But
instead of backing tougher federal controls on U.S.-made
semiautomatics, Bush will propose building more prisons and
harsher laws against criminal use of firearms. He came to the
decision after the National Rifle Association lobbied him last
week.
</p>
<p> Whiplash. If embattled House Speaker Jim Wright is ousted,
almost everyone agrees, Majority Leader Tom Foley will take his
place. Which should put Democratic House Whip Tony Coelho in
line to succeed Foley. Not necessarily. Democratic Caucus
Chairman Bill Gray has been cool to Coelho since a bitter 1984
rules fight in the Budget Committee. Dan Rostenkowski, powerful
head of the Ways and Means Committee, is said to view Coelho as
a pal of John Dingell, Rostenkowski's longtime congressional
rival. Rostenkowski might throw 25 to 35 votes he controls to
Beryl Anthony of Arkansas or Ed Jenkins of Georgia.
</p>
<p> I Remember You. John Buckley was a great press secretary
for Jack Kemp during last year's Republican primaries. Just ask
George Bush, who was the recipient of some of his quips. Bush
remembers them so well that he ruled out a job for Buckley in
the new Administration. Buckley -- nephew of William F. -- had
to settle for a position as spokesman for the National
Republican Congressional Committee.
</p>
<p> The Tanker Was Three-Quarters Full. White House Chief of
Staff John Sununu is complaining that news media coverage of the
Alaska oil spill focused almost exclusively on the 240,000 bbl.
of crude that polluted more than 800 miles of coastline.
Reporters, he says, should have paid more attention to more than
1 million bbl. that didn't escape from the ruptured Exxon
Valdez, thanks to an early emphasis on keeping the ship from
breaking up and pumping off its cargo. "Three-quarters of it was
contained within the ship," Sununu pointed out. "There's been
very little reporting on that."
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