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...helps, of course, when the candidates' TV producers detect promotable qualities in the man they are selling. In the case of Carter and Reagan, the enthusiasm of their media masterminds is unbridled. Says Gerald Rafshoon, the former Atlanta adman who prepares Carter's commercials: "We've got the smartest guy in the race. We're going to play that up." Says Peter Dailey, on leave from his California ad agency to help Reagan: "He is one of the great communicators of his generation. Our only problem is how to get that warmth compressed into 30 seconds...
This time the survey was deepened to poll more thoroughly in the nation's key industrial states (Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York). The aim was to detect any notable shifts in the blue-collar vote. Large-scale defections from the Democratic Party helped both Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon win the presidency and today seem vital to Reagan's prospects. So far, no real switch has been found. Carter leads by 10 percentage points among blue-collar workers, setting these states up as some of the key battlegrounds between now and November...
...other monitor every yard of the fence and the barren strip of no man's land behind it. The nine road, eight rail and two canal crossings are tightly guarded and brightly floodlit at night. Traffic is minutely inspected to foil escapes. Heat-sensitive devices are used to detect persons hidden in vehicles and barges, and trained German shepherd dogs roam underneath all trains to sniff out would-be escapees clinging to undercarriages...
...time, and, more critically, that it is far more likely to err when the person being tested is truthful. Lykken also argues that polygraph sensors-which monitor changes in breathing, pulse rate, blood pressure and the conductivity of the skin as the subject is asked a series of questions-detect not only the physical arousal that accompanies lying, but also the nervousness that an honest person can feel when strapped to the machine. Several experts say that the equipment, with its straps and wires, constitutes a "modern third degree," one that may intimidate a subject into blurting out a false...
...total thermonuclear assault on the U.S. After several agonizing seconds, the President decides that he cannot take the chance and refuses to order any of NATO'S missiles into action. Meanwhile, France and Britain launch submarine-based missiles targeted on Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev. The Soviets detect the oncoming attack, assume Washington has defied their ultimatum and unleash 50 ICBMs against the U.S. Given only 30 minutes warning, the President now has no choice. He pushes the button. World War III starts and ends within the hour. There are no victors...