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Some of that aura resulted from an expectation of political capital gains back home: images of a peaceable, statesmanlike Reagan, after all, can only help his re-election campaign. From the red-carpet welcoming ceremony in Tiananmen Square to the Reagans' 75-yard stroll on top of the Great Wall, there was a surfeit of what White House Aide Michael McManus called "highprofile presidential visuals." The U.S. press following Reagan numbered 300; TV news made up half that pack. Cracked ABC's acidic Sam Donaldson: "It's all just one big photo opportunity...
Nonetheless, tradition, propriety and a vast sense of self-importance still weigh heavily on Times editors and reporters, as does the constricting drabness of its first-section design. Although it has its share of exemplary stylists, the Times rarely achieves the aura of spontaneity and surprise that beguiles (or infuriates) readers of the Washington Post or the Boston Globe. The prose is often institutional or, in features, cloyingly cute. Admits Rosenthal: "The paper has not much humor." The staffs awareness of its power and responsibility has resulted in a high level of accuracy, although the editorial stance...
...help from men who were later appointed to federal positions. "There's absolutely no relationship whatsoever between any financial transaction I was involved in and anybody getting a job at any time," Meese insisted. Nonetheless, there was still an appearance of impropriety. Meese's missteps intensified the aura of ethical laxity that has clung to the Reagan Administration from its earliest days. The cumulative impact of questionable dealings and pressured resignations by Reagan appointees has not seemed to hurt the President. But as the November election approaches, the Democrats are certain to portray Reagan as unduly tolerant...
...Mondale's caution is justified. He cannot really hope to re-emerge as the clear favorite to take the nomination unless he wins the New York primary next week. In many ways New York poses the purest test to date. Mondale is no longer burdened by his aura of inevitability, and Hart is no longer a novelty item. Voters should be less swayed by ephemera...
...area among the palmettos, scrub oaks, fiddler crabs, and slave descendants who speak Gullah and keep the faith at Marvin's R.O. Sweet Shop and Baby Grand. There, Simons says, "I am a celebrity because I'm white, not even teen-age yet, and possess the partial aura of the Duchess...