Word: dangerously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...greatest danger remains that polls tempt candidates to be popular rather than right. Yet in a democracy, there is always a conflict between responsiveness and responsibility. And quite often the public is far more alert to the need for new policies than are self-justifying politicians, who may be loath to alter stand-pat positions. So for all the flaws and abuses of present-day polls, they do stimulate the dialogue between the people and their elected officials...
...would liberate the others. As soon as he had succeeded, a grandmotherly woman took her place in a line of Parisians that quickly formed to pass the stones to others who were building a barricade. On the Boulevard St. Michel, a student sat atop the barricade, casually ignoring the danger. Police lobbed grenades. Another student dropped in pain. Still another was hit in the face. On the Left Bank, a medical student in blood-smeared white coat pleaded with the demonstrators. "For God's sake, stop it. You'll all be massacred. The hospitals can't take any more...
...seem determined to outsit them and outtalk them. Despite the first week's barren outcome, few anticipate that either side is about to break off the negotiations. "There is something adhesive about talks like this," said a U.S. diplomat. "Once they start, they tend to go on." The danger is that they could go on-and on-until patience erodes and pressures mount in support of a wider...
Pink Nose. To increase Humphrey's danger, Kennedy has become the most frenetic campaigner on the road today, starting his days before 7 a.m., often skipping lunch, frequently chugging on until 3 the next morning before allowing himself food and rest. "He looks tired," the motherly types in the crowds say. "He looks like he needs a square meal." Another common observation...
Reagan is not yet a serious danger to Nixon, but he might be if he can prove himself in the May 28 Oregon primary. Making the most of their leading man's telegenic appeal, the Reagan people are putting the Californian on the screen just as often as the White Knight -and nearly as often as the White Tornado. There are 20-second Reagan spots, 60-second plugs, five-minute shows, and a full half-hour program that contrasts Nixon's gubernatorial defeat in 1962 with Reagan's victory over the "unbeatable" Brown, an appellation that could...