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Willis, however, is somewhat unusual among Hart supporters in giving a cogent reason to explain his stand. Hart voters interviewed by TIME correspondents last week hardly ever mentioned issues, and many could give little reason at all for choosing him beyond a vague yearning for a fresh face. "I can't tell you why I voted for Hart," said Renee Goldenburg, a Coral Gables, Fla., housewife. "I just wanted someone completely new." Mondale's followers, on the other hand, often cited their man's stand on specific issues. Said Dewey Blair, a Georgia machine operator: "I think...
...Review's articles department receives an average of 600 manuscripts annually. Most of them are submitted by professors, but outgoing articles director Mark P. Szpak comments that recent submissions include "surprisingly cogent" technical pieces from a New York construction worker and a Martha's Vineyard housewife...
Rachel, 28, wanders around Los Angeles wearing sunglasses, one sneaker, a stained sweatshirt, baggy jeans. She is bright, well-read and terribly out of kilter. "I need to be in a normal situation around normal people," she says. One moment Rachel is cogent and socially deft, the next she is twitchy and incoherent. "I just want to be out in the forest by myself. I want people to leave me alone, so I tell them I'm O.K. and go my own way. But I get a block away and lose it. I freak...
Errol Louis' two-part article detailing the extent and nature of the military and economic ties between Israel and South Africa was, quite simply, remarkable. Louis put forth all the relevant data and information in a clear, cogent fashion, but more importantly, he added a certain moral bite which eludes many of the opponents and critics of the South African government. Namely, Louis had the political courage to criticize Israel...
...some White House aides, trekking to the relatively tranquil Far East was an unwelcome diversion from these more pressing concerns. Groused one Reagan lieutenant: "It's a real pain." But there was cogent reason to demonstrate U.S. solidarity with allies that it can count on. The Reagan Administration in addition hoped that the prod of the presidential visit would prompt some action on the serious trade disputes between the U.S. and Japan, and in that respect Reagan could claim some accomplishment before Air Force One even landed at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. In advance of the trip, Japan...