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...underlying hostility is real enough, among competitors not that far apart on the issues. It surfaces in moments of phony drama contrived to catch another fellow off guard, breaking the rhythms of his planned explanations and evasions. This the public sees in the televised debates; but with more candor and detail than in past campaigns, the press has been able to report the strategies behind the tactics. First comes incessant polling to test a rival's vulnerabilities, then the devising of advertising slogans and one-liners for the candidate to exploit such weaknesses. Candidates call press conferences to exhibit their...
UNLIKE any other candidate, the voters know what to expect if they elect Gov. Michael S. Dukakis as their next president. Dukakis is the only Democrat in the race who has a proven track record of success, and he has also demonstrated the personal qualities of honesty, candor, and integrity that set him apart from his competitors...
...search of easy, sleazy entertainment, however, are in for a surprise. The narrative is shot through with the pain of any marital breakup, especially when small children are involved, and emerges as a feminist cautionary tale about the futility of devoting one's life to pleasing others. With pitiable candor the author portrays herself as a poor, under-educated country girl who thought she had no way up except through a man, and no way to hold a man except through her body, fun-loving spirit and compliance...
Waldheim publicly treated the report as an exoneration. The gist of the study, said he, "is that I cannot be accused of personal involvement in atrocities." With rare candor, Waldheim plaintively told the Vienna daily Die Presse, "Yes, I admit, I wanted to survive" by following orders. He added: "I have the deepest respect for all those who resisted. But I ask understanding for all the hundreds of thousands who didn't do that, but nonetheless did not become personally guilty...
Babbitt, who formally announced his candidacy on March 10, 1987, failed to set the electorate afire with his call for a national sales tax to combat the federal deficit, but received good press reviews for his candor and wry humor...