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...getting people back to work. Reagan was attentive but noncommittal. Then Kennedy emerged to explain his visit to reporters: "I believe the American people now want cooperation. In that spirit I came here to indicate mine." Someone recalled that Kennedy had once referred to Jimmy Carter as being a clone of Reagan. Did he still believe that? Kennedy laughed and hemmed and hawed and said, "Those days are in the past and I'm looking forward to the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: How to Charm a City | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...year only because they were there the year before. But if the new curriculum does not meet expectations, Faculty members and students working on the program won't be solely to blame. Rather, the pride and stubbornness of professors teaching in the Core could turn the program into a clone of its predecessor, General Education...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Keeping the Core From Rotting | 11/14/1980 | See Source »

...their best when depicting characters based on authentic figures. Their portrayal of President Billy Connor from Flats, Mississippi, his ignoramus friend named Timmy, and the "Mississippi Mafia" borders on the hilarious and hits awfully close to home. Or there's Sen. Seamus O'Reilly, a not-too-subtle Moynihan clone who seems to represent the authors' fondest hopes in this world gone awry. But the protagonist, Hockney, is not exactly believable. He decides at graduation that he wants to do investigative work, and with a minimum of effort becomes a renowned journalist. He is extraordinarily difficult to identify with, because...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Don't Touch That Story--It's Unpatriotic | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

...their best when depicting characters based on authentic figures. Their portrayal of President Billy Connor from Flats, Mississippi, his ignoramus friend named Timmy, and the "Mississippi Mafia" borders on the hilarious and hits awfully close to home. Or there's Sen. Seamus O'Reilly, a not-too-subtle Moynihan clone who seems to represent the authors' fondest hopes in this world gone awry. But the protagonist, Hockney, is not exactly believable. He decides at graduation that he wants to do investigative work, and with a minimum of effort becomes a renowned journalist. He is extraordinarily difficult to identify with, because...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Don't Touch That Story--It's Unpatriotic | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

...their best when depicting characters based on authentic figures. Their portrayal of President Billy Connor from Flats, Mississippi, his ignoramus friend named Timmy, and the "Mississippi Mafia" borders on the hilarious and hits awfully close to home. Or there's Sen. Seamus O'Reilly, a not-too-subtle Moynihan clone who seems to represent the authors' fondest hopes in this world gone awry. But the protagonist, Hockney, is not exactly believable. He decides at graduation that he wants to do investigative work, and with a minimum of effort becomes a renowned journalist. He is extraordinarily difficult to identify with, because...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Don't Touch That Story--It's Unpatriotic | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

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