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Although Dukakis has been somewhat emboldened by adversity, his critiques of Jackson remain oblique and limited. When pressed, Dukakis points out that he dissents from some of Jackson's stands, such as advocacy of a Palestinian homeland. But though the Governor once grew adept at trading invective with Richard Gephardt, now he will only gingerly compare his record with Jackson's, using lines like "I don't just talk about jobs; I've helped create them...
Coaching: Roby improved greatly as agame coach as the season progressed. He becamemore adept at calling timeouts before changes inmomentum became too costly, rather than after itwas too late...
...Greek-immigrant father Panos first settled in 1912. Dukakis appeared able to relax now that he no longer had to purport to be fascinated with Iowa farm problems or subdue his natural 78- r.p.m. speech rhythms. While he did not fully abandon his innate caution, he did seem more adept at sniping at his rivals. He even feigned ire when Simon called him a manager rather than a leader. "When a fellow comes to town and calls me a technocrat," said the Governor, who normally delights in talking about industrial incubators and photovoltaics, "I've got to respond...
Houch revels in her role as the "unindentified guest," one of Eliot's guardian angels who protect the play's other characters. Despite her diminutive stature, Houch makes her presence felt. Adept in the roles of guest, advisor and therapist, she is the walking antithesis to Robinson's passivity...
...Sixties radicalism in general. Rather he succeeds brilliantly in distinguishing the origins of the radical student movement from those of the youth counterculture with which it frequently overlapped. He portrays the New Left as a generational reaction against the moribund remnants of 1930s labor union socialism. He is adept at tracing both SDS's breakaway from its older parent party, the League of Industrial Democracy, and the influence of "red diaper babies"--the children of Old Left families--on the political radicalization of himself and many of his friends in the movement...