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Focuses on the election of Senator Robert Dole as Senate Majority Leader during President Ronald Reagan's second term in office in the U.S. Factors that contributed to the reemergence of Republicans in the U.S. Senate; Challenges facing the Reagan Administration in reducing the federal trade deficit; Background on Dole's political career.

Discusses the reasons why American voters rejected the candidates of the Democratic party. Extent of the Democratic defeat; Referendum on the achievements of U.S. President Ronald Reagan; Foreign policy; Sense of military security of the country; Failure of the Democrats' protest against a major registration campaign to expand voters' turnout; Public's pragmatic approach to the issues.

Comments on the flaws committed by Walter Mondale, the Democratic candidate who lost to Republican candidate Ronald Reagan in the U.S. presidential election. Reputation of Mondale as a quintessential establishment Democrat; Lack of personal following; Erosion of Mondale's relationship with the Democratic electorate; Mondale's insistence on the exclusive nature of the party; Negativity of Mondale's campaign; Adherence to the politics of 1982; Opportunistic issues seized upon by Mondale.

Focuses on the contribution of multimillionaire Lyndon H. LaRouche to the campaign of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Support to the Stars Wars policy of Reagan; LaRouche's attacks on Walter Mondale and Henry Kissinger as "Soviets agents of influence"; Criticism of different organizations and media outlets on the public activities of LaRouche; Relationship of LaRouche with administration officials;

Examines the significance of the evangelical New Right in the Republican Presidential Convention in the U.S. Debate on the separation of church and state; Factors influencing the ascending importance of the religious right; Political involvement of religious leaders; Indications of politics and religious activity.

Provides some insights into the presidential elections in the U.S. citing electioneering and campaigns in various states. Competition among Democrats and Republicans; Emphasis on the popularity and opportunities for the reelection of President Ronald Reagan; Possible victory for various candidates, senators and governors; Indications of political practice and government.

Provides some insights into the presidential candidacy of Walter Mondale in the U.S. citing the political and economic environment in the country under President Ronald Reagan. Comparison of the political platforms and ideologies of Mondale and President Reagan; Characteristics of the Reagan administration citing political and economic conditions under his rule; Profile on Mondale and his views on politics and policy.

After presiding over an improvised indoor Inaugural `parade,' a bow to Washington's bitter cold, and squiring the First Lady to nine Inaugural balls, Ronald Reagan turned to second term business with a vigor that belied his reputation for disengaged leadership. He has dedicated the next four years, he said in his second Inaugural Address, to a `new American emancipation,' the completion of a political revolution he views as only half finished.

Four more years. The hoopla of the Inaugural provided an aura of luster to a symbolic passage for both Ronald Reagan and the modern presidency. As he enters his second term, historians provisionally give Reagan a good chance to be reckoned as one of the handful of US presidents who have left an indelible mark on the nation and the world. Reagan's secret has been to concentrate on a few transcendental issues and let the details take care of themselves.

Relates that this week United States President Ronald Reagan accepts his nomination for a second term, then jets off to campaign on a record that must rank, on balance, as a success. The mystery is why Reagan has succeeded so effortlessly. This cover story analyzes the incumbent's economic, military and strategic records. Beyond Reagan's debatable accomplishments is his aura of leadership.

Can he make it work again? The President, age 73 this month, announces he will seek re-election. INSET: on the shifting sentiments about Reagan. Currently 56% of....

President Reagan faces a difficult year in 1987. He must struggle with: command of national security policy; a newly ambitious Congress dominated by Democrats; a Soviet Union trying to exploit US weakness; skeptical allies; a deteriorating Middle East; hard decisions on counter-terror and contra support policies. Even token recovery will not be easy.

The President will feel buoyed in the months ahead by what he sees as a strong mandate for both his policies and his optimistic vision of the future. He will push even harder for his free-market economic program, spending cuts to reduce budget deficits and bigger outlays for defense, while striving to achieve a US/Soviet arms pact. The goals for Reagan's second term are: overhaul the tax laws, shrink Federal deficits, rebuild US defenses, achieve US/Soviet arms pact, and more.

Asserts that the `October Surprise' theory is not a case of treason, but a case of a conspiracy theory run wild. What the theory alleges; Suggestion that the Reagan-Bush campaign made a deal with the Khomeni regime to ensure Carter's defeat; Hostage release just minutes after Reagan was sworn in as president; William Casey; Donald Gregg; Richard Allen; More. INSET: The players; The events.;The Sources..

Comments on the policies and politics of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Claim that Reagan's hypocrisy works because he does not know he is a hypocrite; Social issues and economic policies supported by Reagan; View that Reagan is more a hero of consumption than production; Public intolerance and private tolerance; Incoherence of Reaganism; Confused political ideology; Nomination of Reagan as the Republican Party's presidential candidate.

Points out that the decades-long battle between conservatives and traditional Republicans for primary within the Republican Party is increasingly taking on a generational cast. Use of C-SPAN, the cable network which broadcasts House sessions, by a group of aggressive young conservatives; Young conservatives' goal of using high technology to revive traditional society; Future of the party under a reelected U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

Comments on the Reverend Jesse Jackson's candidacy for president in the presidential elections. Examination of Jackson's talent for political theatrics; Assessment of Jackson's chances to win; Implications on U.S. politics and government.

Comments on Walter Mondale's nomination as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate. Campaign strategies; Political platform of the party; Implications on U.S. politics and government.

Presents information on candidates for the U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination that has been reduced to a Baptist preacher, one son of a Methodist minister, and a graduate of the Yale Divinity School. Political fallout from religion that goes against the pervasive cultural contention; Report on conservative ecumenism that has swung into place behind U.S. President Ronald Reagan; Opinion that the political impact of American Protestantism had been entirely in a conservative and right-wing direction; Information on the institutional and intellectual barrier of definition.

Evaluates the leadership style of United States President Ronald Reagan. Questions often asked by the press to Reagan; Reagan's ability to evade responsibility and accountability; Importance of the persona of host for Reagan in the transition from actor to politician; Reagan's capacity to deal with hostile press people.

Focuses on the consequences of the desertion of Lebanon by the United States. Stand taken by King Hussein of Jordan to the U.S. decision of keeping out of the Arab-Israeli conflict; View that Syria would be propelled in less than two years from ignominious defeat by the Israelis in Lebanon to dominion there; Statement that Lebanon's cancellation of its limited security pact with Israel evokes fears about the durability of Jerusalem's peace treaty with Cairo.

Focuses on the 1984 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates. Highlights of the debate among the candidates held at the Dartmouth College in New Hampshire; Candidates who performed well during the debate; Issues that the candidates failed to address; Plan of the Democrats to raise taxes; Inclination of the Democrats toward foreign policy in the year 1984.

Presents information on the socio-political condition in the United States. Discussion on the formation of the conservative group Citizens for America (C.F.A.); Comments on the presidential efficiency of U.S. President Ronald Reagan; Comments on the contributions of Lewis Lehrman, a statesman, to C.F.A; Account of the political career of Lehrman and Jack Kemp, a statesman.

Profiles Jim Watt, Secretary of Interior in the U.S. administration under the leadership of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Opponents of Watt among U.S. politicians; Information on the religious beliefs of Watt; Policies related to oil leases adopted by Watt; Description of Watt's style of debating.

Focuses on the prospects of Afro-American politician Jesse Jackson contesting for the presidential post of the U.S. Estimates of unregistered Afro-American voters; Political experience of Jackson; Impact of Jackson on the press; Opposition to the candidacy of Jackson; Experience of Jackson as a preacher.

Focuses on diplomat Walter Mondale's presidential campaign. Assessment of the political grip of Walter Mondale in the U.S.; Comment on Mondale's decision to drop out of 1976 campaign initiated for the presidential nomination; Campaign strategy of Mondale; Role of Mondale as U.S. Vice President; Attempt by Mondale to develop his own personal and political identity.

Comments on the rise in the number of Bible preachers talking about Armageddon and the millions who believe it. Televangelist Jerry Falwell's belief that when Jesus Christ talked about the end of days, he was referring to this generation; Signs that the end is near according to varying religious sects; Emergence of an entire new publishing industry featuring books and magazines about the end of the world;Commitment of the millennial subculture supporting the publications; Appeal of nuclear eschatology to people; Forms of the genre including the economic angle of catastrophe by mismanagement.

Focuses on the investigation of campaign spending practices in the U.S. House of Representatives. Efforts of the House incumbents to turn their campaign treasuries into personal expense accounts, or use them to pay expenses they are either unable or unwilling to bill to the House of Representatives; Assessment of the rules of the House on the use of campaign funds; Failure of the reform measure aimed at eliminating the slush funds from the House; Restrictions imposed by the federal law to the incumbents from paying relatives to serve on their Congressional staffs.

Focuses on efforts of U.S. President Ronald Reagan to make the system of federalism work again. Information that purpose of the whole federalism initiative is to wrest control of government from the hands of special interests and return it to the American people; Purpose for the maintenance of tradition of the "citizen legislature"; Disputes among liberals over the citizen legislature; Salaries of members of this legislature; Complaints of Republicans that the increased the increased number of days they spend at the capital cuts into the pursuit of their private careers back in the district; Statement of Democrats that legislative schedule requires too much time for private pursuits; Preference of members of these legislatures for professional government careers; Arguments of Democrats against increased staffing in these legislatures.

Presents information on James Watt, U.S. Secretary of the Interiors. View that Watt is arguably the most controversial member of a presidential cabinet; Comments on the land use policies of Watt; Opinion on the support Watt enjoys in Wyoming; Appreciation of Watt by the Wyoming Rural Electrical Association and the Wyoming Farm Bureau; Information on the fact that there's little organized opposition to Watt inside Wyoming; Statement of Watt that he will accelerate the leasing of federal lands to energy companies.

Focuses on the preparations of political parties for the 1984 presidential elections in the United States. Formation of political action committees by Senators Edward Kennedy and Walter Mondale to raise funds for Democratic candidates and to enhance their influence in the party; Information on the newly formed Hunt commission to draft rules for the 1984 nominating process; View that Kennedy has an intense following among Democratic constituencies, however Mondale is marginally ahead among professionals; Statement that both candidates seen to be trying to develop new, more pragmatic political identities for themselves and the Democratic party.

Presents information on the federal system in the U.S. Discussion on the relationship between 51 independent court systems; Opinion that enhancing federalism is a sensible way to reduce the cost of government; Report on one of the most favorable tax systems in the entire U.S.; Growth in government employment.

The article presents commentary on domestic U.S. politics as of the week of February 28, 1981. The proposed federal budget cuts for 1982 are outlined and discussed. President Ronald Reagan's and Budget Director David Stockman's thorough efforts to prune and rework government subsidies are explored. Several specific programs, including food stamps, arts and culture subsidies, housing construction assistance, and others are analyzed in particular.

The article presents information on political conditions in the U.S. during 1985. The request of U.S. President Ronald Reagan for $14 million to wage war against the Sandinista revolution was not a symbolic gesture, as some suggested, but one tactic in a campaign to crush independence in Central America and to change the political climate in the U.S. Economic sanctions represent an extension of that campaign. At the hour the sanctions took effect, a peaceful confrontation was taking place in New York City.

Analyzes a populist movement emerging in the U.S. following the triumph of Reaganism and the collapse of liberalism in the early 1980s. Differences from similar movements; Major figures in the movement; Community roots of populism; U.S. President Ronald Reagan's use of populist themes.

Photo essay with text recounts some of the memorable moments of the Reagan presidency, with reflections from some allies and adversaries.

Discusses the changes, mostly for the better, that have occurred in America thanks to President Ronald Reagan and his administration. Despite criticisms, Reagan brought good feelings to the nation, finished out two terms, made the world seem lessdangerous, and restored confidence.

With just 19 months left in office, and the Iran-contra scandal still closing in, President Reagan has lost much of his persuasiveness with Congress and the people. Judging from his performance at the Venice economic summit, he no longer dominates the allies. Reagan's last chance to restore some luster to his term comes from the chance of a US-Soviet arms agreement and a third summit with Mikhail Gorbachev. See also (US News, 6/22/87, 5c, p22, 4p)

What some Americans once took for a civil-rights movement is beginning to look more like a race war. Like many more expert observers, President Ronald Reagan underestimated the volatility of the crisis, and in his search for a peaceful solution has become close to casting himself as a defender of the White regime. Today, even conservative Republicans believe that it is good politics, as well as sound morality, to act against apartheid. INSET: Map of South Africa shows a country rich in resources..

Presents the speech by the author of the book `Recollections of Reagan,' given before the Comstock Club in Sacramento, California on October 20, 1997 dealing with the three major goals of Ronald Reagan as president of the United States.

The article reports that Donald T. Regan's corporate-like management as Chief of Staff of the White House is apparently not working. Because of several distractions such as President Ronald Reagan's cancer surgery and the TWA hostage drama in Beirut, the President's second-term program has serious problems and the blame is increasingly being placed on the shoulders of Chief of Staff Regan.

The article discusses the separation of powers between the President and the Congress in the U.S. democratic system. It explores the legislative veto, wherein the Congress drafts a statute but incorporates a provision for a review of the Executive Branch's implementation of the law. It reports on the decision of the Supreme Court declaring that the legislative veto is an unconstitutional usurpation of power by Congress.

The article discusses the possible content of the State of the Union address and the budget proposal of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. The authors point out that the challenge is for Reagan to create a program that will help the economy recover from the recession. They also analyze Reagan's recent statements which include his assurance to focus on economic growth to be able to offer employment to the unemployed.