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...questionable whether the extended exposure time actually provides a sum of information commensurate with the effort devoted, presidential campaigns nevertheless drag on for nearly a year. The incumbent inevitably tailors his policies to the ill-defined desires of assorted voting "blocs" in the hope of cueing the correct response, often dramatically altering government policy in the process. President Ford has been no exception. Both candidates are challenged to please as many voters as possible, to cater to a completely heterogeneous assortment of values and beliefs while appearing consistent and self-controlled. After months of this they inevitably blunder and reel...
...boat, and is responsible for its direction and speed. "Contrary to what most people think, the cox does not just sit in the boat and yell, 'stroke,'" says cox Diana Shaw. "I have to know a great deal about rowing so that I can coach the girls and correct any problems that may develop...
Huntsman spends the entire hour standing in the launch, pointing out any mistakes the women are making. He instructs them on how to correct their strokes, and says he encourages the boat to "stick together...
...late Victorian aristocracy and gentry. But its farcical underpinnings allow it to date unusually well. Wilde's dialogue abounds in inversion and paradox, in the replacement of the weighty with the insubstantial. His characters talk nonsense with a straight face and flout verbal conventions while remaining always socially correct...
...bring down today so as to build a better tomorrow on its ruins, then the choices are clear to you. If or when totalitarianism comes to America, I'll be curious to see how many Crimson editors will find their way to doing the honorable and expost morally correct thing...