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...RELIGION. During the primaries, Scoop Jackson criticized the Baptist deacon for "wearing his religion on his sleeve." The attack was unfair. Despite jokes that he was taking his initials too seriously, Carter usually talked about his personal beliefs only when asked. But he did so with a candor and self-assurance that was unnerving to some, including Protestants, who were unfamiliar with the forthright traditions of Southern evangelicalism...
...White House. He lacked the style to win on the hustings; his best bet was to appear presidential while Carter got into trouble on the road. "You cannot overcome the Carter lead on your own no matter what you do," the report warned with almost brutal candor. "You are not now perceived as being a strong, decisive leader by anywhere near a majority of the American people . . . You cannot possibly win without a highly disciplined and directionalized campaign...
...with the Presidential campaign, the congressional contests have often been marked by the candidates' superficial treatment of issues. With few exceptions, policy stances have taken second place to personality. Fallout from the Watergate scandal has produced a political climate where an image of candor, honesty, and integrity is crucial. In almost every case where an incumbent appears to be in trouble with his constituency, the problems stem from charges or investigations of alleged corruption...
...insisted to Brill that the tests "have actually opened doors" to minorities and poor people. "With a national test you can compare the rich and the poor. If you do well, your score will show it, whether you're white or black or brown." And in a moment of candor, ETS President William Turnbull told Brill that criticizing ETS on the basis of racial bias "is like criticizing the Toledo Scale Company because some people...
...concede that Calcutta may not have been so elegantly erotic, after all. Carte Blanche, says Tynan, "is a more ambitious show than Calcutta, which had inevitable crudities and had to be more aggressive because it was trying to establish a beachhead." This time he has sought "elegant candor." In lieu of such Calcutta concerns as masturbation, rape and wife swapping, what would Carte Blanche offer...