Word: candidate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only exception is Finnegan's convincing and zany portrayal of the gay, foppish Algernon, who devours cucumber sandwiches, bread and butter and muffins with dainty relish while seriously maintaining, "When I am in great trouble I refuse everything but food and drink." His candid approach makes the most of other similarly ridiculous lines...
Former President Galtieri goes to jail for being too candid...
...humiliating defeat by British forces, the military government has never issued a full explanation for the fiasco. Former President Leopoldo Galtieri, who masterminded the foiled invasion and then left office in disgrace three days after his country's surrender, has finally lifted that veil of secrecy. His candid account of military incompetence and official bungling stunned not only his countrymen but members of the ruling three-man junta and his successor, President Reynaldo Bignone. Last week the government charged Galtieri with violating military regulations that bar officers from discussing political matters without permission. They sentenced him to 45 days...
Gage tells these stories vividly, unsparingly. He is equally candid about the catastrophic effects of his grandfather's hardheartedness, his uncle's greed, his father's preference for being a family man in Greece but a bachelor in America. During passages in which he debates inconclusively the nature of justice, Gage admits his own base impulses: he smuggled a gun into Greece in order to murder the now aged "judge" who had condemned his mother. At the last moment, having spat in the man's face, Gage renounced the crime because it would put his gratification...
...released a study that resembled an elaborate good-news/bad-news joke. The good news: Americans are watching as much television as before. The bad news: they like it a whole lot less. "This study is a little daring for a trade association to reveal to its members," said a candid but not contrite N.A.B. President Eddie Fritts. "But we did it to be sure that our members are equipped to deal with what's coming...