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Furthermore, although Muskie's crying incident is considered less disastrous in light of other actions by recent Presidents (besides, we can be reminded. Lincoln used to cry), another such blunder would be fatal, Still, as Goodwin pointed out, it's unlikely Muskie would commit the same mistakes the second time around. "He's probably learned something. He wouldn't cry this time. He could get by with some amphetamines in 1976 like Humphrey...

Author: By Mark A. Feldstein, | Title: Muskie for President? | 2/21/1975 | See Source »

...played since he became U.S. champion at the incredible age of 14, he has won 327 and drawn 188. But even Fischer occasionally loses; in the past 16 years he has booted 61 games. To whom? At what age? Was he playing white or black? Did he blunder? Was he outgeneraled? Do any patterns of weakness appear? In the most intriguing chess manual of the year, Mednis ransacks all 61 games for evidence as to how the great man might just possibly be beaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Strange Boardfellows | 2/17/1975 | See Source »

...explanation was what Sinologists were calling the "fairy caves" theory: that Mao has withdrawn from day-to-day affairs to ponder China's future. Twice before Mao removed himself from the political battlefront: in the late 1950s, when his Great Leap Forward was proving to be a ghastly blunder backward; and in the mid-1960s, when he feared that bureaucracy would strangle the revolution and he retired to plan the Cultural Revolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: A Victory for Chou-and Moderation | 2/3/1975 | See Source »

...terms of moving toward peace," he said recently. As for Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, whose plan for a gradual settlement is in clear danger, he believes that two things are needed now: a "cooling off" period for the Arabs to contemplate what the Secretary regards as their blunder in endorsing Arafat; and a period of "quiet diplomacy" for Kissinger and his aides to convince the Arabs that they should keep their options open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Guns and Olive Branches | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

Conversation at Harvard is governed by certain tacit rules that preclude the expression of "childish" hopes and desires. "Naive" and "simplistic" are the guns cynics call out when someone commits a blunder, and, if one persists, the ultimate disapproval of "romantic" is mouthed and salving looks are nodded. Brass tacks puncture floating balloons...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: Don Juan in Law School | 10/17/1974 | See Source »

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