Word: coye
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Such are the coy ways of Ted Kennedy less than a year before the first 1980 presidential primary. He has become the biggest tease in American politics, announcing his support for Jimmy Carter's re-election one moment, hinting at his own ambitions the next, and all the while avoiding a categorical denial that he will run. Even House Speaker Tip O'Neill, an old friend, is not sure whether the Senator will end up declaring, but he is convinced of one thing: "If Kennedy were to run, Carter wouldn't get the nomination...
...Democrats-he still remains enigmatic. As draft-Kennedy groups have started forming in Iowa and New Hampshire, and Cleveland Democrats last week called on him to enter the race, the Senator has made personal telephone calls to reassert his unavailability. And yet at the same time he repeatedly offers coy hints and insinuations that he might still become a candidate. A couple of months ago, the Senator told a favorite columnist in Boston that he would go after the nomination if Carter did not seek reelection, and the writer published it just that way. When one of Kennedy...
Katherine Kean as Cunegonde, though somewhat overshadowed by the prevailing lunacy, gives a coy and engaging performance. Kean has a stunning voice which she displays in a solo called "Glitter and Be Gay." Her operatic fireworks brought a two-minute ovation. Kean's acting is almost as good as her voice, though she tends to overdo the fluffy-headed childishness of the gold-digging Cunegonde...
Jennifer Notking convincingly portrays Ellie Dunn's emergence from a shy, naive girl into a coy and sophisticated woman who then recants her decision to marry Mangan solely for his money. Instead, she falls for the 88-year-old Shotover, displaying an unexpected maturity and the mysterious allure of a siren...
...assist state prosecutors, especially in murder cases. "There's a feeling in eastern Kentucky that if someone in your family is killed, you're not going to be shamed in the eyes of the rest of the community by not having your own attorney," says Charles Coy, a Richmond, Ky., lawyer who has been hired several times as a special prosecutor. The state prosecutors do not mind, since they are often hamstrung by a lack of resources. The commonwealth attorney for Perry County, where the Melton shooting took place a year and a half ago, has no investigators...