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...story naturally caused a good deal of consternation at Reagan headquarters, prompting John Sears, campaign manager and Peter Lorre-figure, to announce that Reagan had 1140 delegates. An obviously bogus count, but one that the Post and Globe were forced to play prominently on their front page in penance for having blown the "concession" story. The ever-sage New York Times played it safe, burying both stories on page...
...with the special press credentials are a little unjustified. Many of my cohorts, from the woman who claimed to be representing the Daily Princetonian even though she went to Stanford, to a scraggly reporter named Jerry Rubin, claiming to represent the counter-cultural Detroit Sun, seemed to be sporting bogus accreditations. I can see how a restrictive pass system may seem reasonable to those giving out the credentials. The DNC can risk offending some college reporters who have two months to cool off before they file. Regardless of the satisfaction derived from getting in, however, it will be a long...
...ideas people talked about were not all that focused. I can't remember what most demonstrations were about. It shows how profoundly significant it was. There was a lot of bogus stuff," Garrett said...
...thoroughly unpretentious musical that refuses to take itself seriously drives some critics into attitudes of lofty, and sometimes bogus, condescension. They prefer to ponder the flatulent grandiosities of shows like Pacific Overtures, Rex, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...
Endlessly the butt of off-color jokes, harassed constantly by reporters, both legitimate and bogus, and jeered by frequently unsympathetic crowds at every stall or slip, Guthrie had persevered. So thick were the throngs outside her garage in Gasoline Alley that race cars were unable to get through to the track. Accused of entering just as a publicity stunt, mislabeled caustically as a women's libber and once even asked outright if she was a lesbian, Guthrie calmly disclaimed all, except to say: "I'm a driver, period...