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Most political cynics say that money corrupts--or that journalists annoint frontrunners. In a small way, maybe. But the system will survive because voters aren't stupid and are always more idealistic than the candidates. We'll survive direct marketing and ethnic appeals...
This analysis ignores the fact that many Americans prefer to have a choice between candidates. To annoint Sam Nunn, Bill Bradley or Lloyd Bentsen as the party's standard-bearer is tantamount to telling the electorate, "Well, sure, we're the Democratic Party, but we're the Democratic Party, but we're going to try to adopt the Republican Party's ideals, and try to convince you that we can do a better job at being conservative that they...
...boys and girls have brutally unromantic relationships. On a sunny day, they gather on the beach. The guys display their masculinity by exploiting the surf with their surfboards, while their passive chicks annoint their scantly clad physiques with suntan lotion and watch their mates. At night, they either roam the streets in search of action, or they party wildly at someone's house. Unlike Frankie, Annette and their chums who would sit around a campfire and sing sweetly, these teenagers enjoy themselves by drinking, getting high and having...
...Babbitt is a grievous event which will shock those who have loved or envied Harvard for its handful of truly great thinkers. But the student of Professor Babbitt who has studied the details of his life-long fight against the drifting artificial culture with which many so-called "moderns" annoint themselves, will realize the two-fold significance of his death. For the world has lost a remarkable man; at once a brilliant teacher and a great warrior...
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