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<title>
Sep. 25, 1989: Grapevine
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Sep. 25, 1989 Boardwalk Of Broken Dreams
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 25
Grapevine
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<p> TIPSY TYRANT? U.S. efforts to topple him have come a
cropper, but that has not stopped the State Department from
leaking unsubstantiated stories about Panamanian strongman
Manuel Noriega. The latest one claims that Noriega goes on
drinking binges, during which he supposedly orders the arrest
of political foes or the murder of "gringos." When he sobers up,
Noriega is said to be "very grateful" to learn that his commands
were not obeyed.
</p>
<p> PICKY, PICKY. George Bush seems to have something in common
with former President Jimmy Carter -- an obsession with minor
logistic details. He insists on approving the passenger
manifests on his official flights. One VIP came close to getting
bumped from a flight to Miami last month when Bush belatedly
spotted his name and asked, "What's this guy doing here?"
</p>
<p> SOUTHERN STRATEGY. A conservative Southerner often occupies
a post in the Democratic congressional leadership. That changed
in the Jim Wright shakeout: Georgia's Ed Jenkins lost his bid
for majority leader, and Beryl Anthony of Arkansas was whipped
in the race for party whip. Mindful of his need for conservative
support, Speaker Tom Foley plans to create a new leadership slot
and quietly maneuver a Southerner into the job. But neither
Anthony nor Jenkins need bother to apply. The party leadership
is miffed that both broke ranks by voting for a capital-gains
tax cut backed by George Bush.
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<p> STOP THE BULLDOZERS. The city council in rural Moultrie,
Ga., thought it had won a small battle in the war against
narcotics last May when the state awarded a $700,000 grant to
rehabilitate "Rat Row," a squalid three-block stretch of housing
now occupied by drug dealers. But many of the buildings
scheduled for razing are over 50 years old and meet federal
standards for historic preservation. So Moultrie must now spend
more than $10,000 on a study outlining how it will preserve the
character of the area during renovation. Meanwhile, the crack
sales continue.
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